Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Whines About Being Called A ‘Con Artist’ In Court, Wants To Grill Potential Jurors With List Of 112 Questions
June 2 2021, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes says the media has portrayed her as a evil monster who scammed investors out of millions and is nervous about the jury being biased against her.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, Holmes’s legal team submitted a list of 112 questions they want to ask protective jurors in the upcoming wire-fraud trial.
Holmes’s team is asking the court to allow them to ask the potential jurors a laundry list of questions to try to weed out the individuals who have prior knowledge of the case.
Her lawyers claim, “Ms. Holmes respectfully submits that the pretrial publicity in this case puts her constitutional rights in grave jeopardy” for several reasons.
They explain her life story has been covered in a best-selling book, televised news stories, podcasts, along with a forthcoming television drama series starring Amanda Seyfried and a movie with Jennifer Lawrence who will be playing Holmes.
“A simple Google search for Theranos AND Holmes generates more than 400,000 results,” the motion reads.
Holmes complains the media coverage is “derisive and inflammatory.” She is aware they routinely call her a “fraud” “con artist” and “raging psychopath.”
Her lawyers say the coverage o