Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes stays out of prison with appeal

Holmes arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on March 17, 2023. The disgraced Theranos CEO has avoided starting her more than 11-year prison sentence on Thursday, April 27, by deploying the same legal maneuver that enabled her co-conspirator in a blood-testing hoax to remain free for an additional month. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes will stay out of prison for now after her lawyers lodged a last-minute appeal to avoid starting her 11 year sentence.

Holmes was set to begin her sentence on April 27 after being found guilty in January 2022 for defrauding investors with her Silicon Valley startup Theranos.