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Theranos Ex-President Balwani Pins Defense on Crippled Database

  • Elizabeth Holmes’s ex-boyfriend starts trial on fraud charges
  • ‘The government did not analyze the data,’ his lawyer says
Sunny Balwani, former president of Theranos Inc., exits federal court in San Jose, California, on March 16.
Sunny Balwani, former president of Theranos Inc., exits federal court in San Jose, California, on March 16.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes jolted her trial with allegations her former boyfriend abused her. His defense to fraud charges revolves around making a dead database look bad. 

Following Holmes’s conviction in January for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the company’s ex-president, began his trial Tuesday over the same criminal charges she faced.