Elizabeth Holmes.Photo:Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty
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Elizabeth Holmesis the mother of two kids.
The disgraced founder of blood-testing company Theranos — whoturned herself in on May 30to begin serving out her 11-year prison sentence — shares her children with partnerBilly Evans.
Holmes' children were born in 2021 and 2023, as she was undergoing her criminal trial for fraud and conspiracy. Much of the information known about them has been obtained from court files.
Both of Holmes' pregnancies coincided with her criminal trial timeline, which was delayed several times as a result.
The trial date, which was pushed back to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, was further moved when her counsel and prosecutors filed court papers in March asking a judge to move the date again due to her pregnancy. Holmes welcomed her first child in July of 2021.
When speaking onThe Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes on Trialpodcast, Criminal Defense Attorney Caroline Polisi speculated that Holmes' pregnancies were “going to have a bearing on the jury’s perception of her.”
“Not only is that going to help her in her trial, but it will really help her in the event that she is convicted,” the federal white-collar criminal DA added. “The fact that she is a young, new mother is going to play into any potential sentence.”
Meanwhile, defense attorney Jose Baez said it could work against Holmes’ case. “I really think that could backfire because once a juror feels that one side is trying to manipulate them over another, they’re not going to like it,” he said on the podcast.
In the end,Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison.
Here’s everything to know about Holmes' two kids and the timeline of her pregnancies.
News of her first pregnancy delayed her trial
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According to court filings, Holmes’ trial — which was scheduled for July 2021 after having already beenmoved three timesdue to the COVID-19 pandemic — was pushed back again after she informed the court that she was pregnant.
Holmes' pregnancy was first disclosed to the court in March 2021 when her counsel and prosecutors filed court papersasking a judge to move her trial’s start dategiven that she was due in July,The Wall Street Journalreported.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Leach, who was prosecuting the case, said it was “frustrating and disappointing to learn about this now.”
She attended a pretrial conference while eight months pregnant in June 2021
She gave birth to her first child in July 2021
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She became pregnant with her second child after her conviction
In a sentencing memo, her partner, hotel heirBilly Evans, asked the court to give Holmes a lighter sentence, saying she would miss out on milestone moments with the pair’s two young children,The Mercury Newsreported.
Holmes herself tearfully told the court, “I regret my failings with every cell of my body,“The Mercury Newsreported.
In photos taken at her sentencing, Holmeswas visibly pregnant, suggesting she would give birth before turning herself in to federal authorities in April.
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Her second child is a daughter named Invicta
She was scheduled to begin serving her sentence on April 27; however, shegave birth to her second childthat same month.
source: people.com
