Elizabeth Holmes’s Ex Sees Her Bid for New Trial and Antes Up

  • Ramesh Balwani says witness regret may be ‘tip of the iceberg’
  • Former lab director was central to both verdicts, lawyer says
Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” BalwaniSource: Bloomberg
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If Elizabeth Holmes stands to get a new fraud trial after a government witness showed up at her home uninvited and sounding remorseful, her convicted ex-boyfriend deserves the same chance.

So says a lawyer for former Theranos Inc. President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who on Thursday asked the judge who presided over both executives’ trials to let his client piggy-back on the blood-testing startup founder’s bid for a retrial.