Judge may unseal some mental health records in Elizabeth Holmes case
Summary
The federal judge in former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial is considering whether to unseal details about her psychological evaluation as part of a media request to make public portions of her case. Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, filed a motion is asking the court to unseal documents in Holmes case. Federal prosecutors support the request to unseal portions of the case, stating that if Holmes plans to make a mental health defense, then they need to be prepared. Prosecutors had a psychological expert evaluate Holmes after her defense attorneys revealed they plan to call on a clinical psychologist to testify about a "mental disease or defect" bearing on the issue of guilt. In an interview with CNBC in July, the former Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the Theranos scandal, John Carreyrou, said Holmes defense strategy may be to blame her ex-boyfriend.