Coronavirus pandemic will delay the blockbuster trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes
It was supposed to be the blockbuster courtroom drama of summer 2020: former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was to go on trial for defrauding investors, doctors, and patients about blood tests that were too good to be true.
Now, the coronavirus pandemic has virtually ensured that the trial will not happen as scheduled this summer — and it threatens to upend the proceedings when it does eventually take place. Government prosecutors and Holmes’s attorneys have proposed new trial dates in October or early next year.
