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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, said in a message published from prison that she is fighting to prove her innocence, weeks before the release of a documentary that looks closely at her life before incarceration.
"I was silenced for a long time. And then imprisoned," Holmes wrote Sunday on social media X. "I am fighting to prove my innocence and come home to my babies and the love of my life."
Theranos collapsed in fraud after it was revealed that its proprietary technology did not work.
Holmes said she had spent 1,216 "endless days and nights" in prison and that loved ones had operated her account during her incarceration. Her X biography describes its content as "mostly my words, posted by others," reflecting federal restrictions that prevent prisoners from directly accessing social media.
She said her partner, Billy Evans, was among those managing the account and supporting her legal efforts. The two have two children together.
"Starting now, all posts in my own words will be marked, EAH," she wrote, using the initials of her full name, Elizabeth Anne Holmes. The post concluded with a biblical quotation: "The truth will set you free."
The message appeared shortly before the theatrical release of "You Can See Everything," a documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. The A24 production began 34 days before Holmes reported to prison, when she invited a film crew to document her home life.
It grew into a three-year examination of the competing narratives around the rise and collapse of Theranos. The film screened at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month, will screen at the New York Film Festival and opens in theaters Oct. 16.
The post also followed reports that Holmes had been approved for placement in a community correction center, commonly known as a halfway house, a facility where inmates live under supervision as they transition out of prison.
She is scheduled to move from the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, to the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle on Aug. 23, 2027, according to a Justice Department Victim Notification System record cited by ABC News. The placement was approved through the federal correctional system, not by a judge.
A federal jury convicted Holmes in January 2022 of one count of conspiracy to defraud Theranos investors and three counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors said she made false and misleading claims about Theranos' technology, which she promoted as capable of conducting numerous medical tests using only a small amount of blood. She was acquitted of charges involving patients, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on three other investor-related counts.
She was sentenced in November 2022 to 135 months, or 11 years and three months, in federal prison and began serving her term in May 2023. In March, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila reduced the sentence by 12 months under a retroactive change to federal sentencing guidelines. Her projected release date is Feb. 22, 2030.
Holmes has continued to maintain her innocence despite an unsuccessful appeal. Her latest post signals she intends to take a more visible role in that effort as the documentary brings her case into the public spotlight.
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