Former Theranos chief Elizabeth Holmes ‘a flight risk’, say prosecutorsBy Associated Press ReportersElizabeth Holmes is a flight risk and should not be allowed to stay out of prison while she appeals against her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, federal prosecutors have said. Holmes booked the 2022 flight without a scheduled return trip and only cancelled it after prosecutors contacted Holmes’ attorneys about the “unauthorised flight”, prosecutors said. In a January 23, 2022, email responding to prosecutors’ concerns about the planned trip, they said Holmes had booked it before the jury’s verdict to attend a wedding in Mexico. Prosecutors did not protest against Judge Davila’s decision to give Holmes five months of freedom or bring up the fact that they considered her a flight risk. Holmes is scheduled to return to court on March 17 for a hearing on her request to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction.

Source: Irish Independent January 21, 2023 19:40 UTC