Elizabeth Holmes Has To Leave Her Kids Behind To Report To Prison Today

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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of disgraced health tech startup Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years of prison in late 2022 after she was convicted of four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy, knowingly defrauding investors with her blood-testing technology, per the Associated Press. She is set to report to a prison camp in Bryan, Texas, today to begin her sentence, and will be leaving her two kids and husband behind.

In case you weren't aware, Holmes welcomed baby No. 2 early this year after being convicted in her legal case. The baby girl joins her older brother, William, born in 2021, per the New York Times. Here’s everything to know so far about Elizabeth Holmes' offspring.

Holmes is married to Billy Evans.

Holmes and Billy Evans, a 30-year-old hospitality heir, got hitched back in 2019. Billy had been into her for a while, former co-workers said, and he proposed to her with his MIT signet ring, which was a big deal for him. “Billy and the MIT ring, they are inseparable. He always wore it on his pinky finger,” one of Billy’s former coworkers at Luminar Technologies told the New York Post.

The two met at a party in 2017, according to Elle, which was about a year before Theranos was dissolved. Two years later, they got married in a secret ceremony, Us Weekly says. He's stuck with Holmes throughout her legal strife.

She announced her first pregnancy in March of 2021.

When Holmes revealed that she was expecting her first child, it delayed her criminal fraud trial to the end of August (the trial, BTW, had already been delayed three times during COVID), according to CNBC. Prosecutors were "frustrated" by her surprise July due date, and some people think she may have gotten pregnant to try to get a lighter sentence.

In fact, reporter Nick Bilton predicted on an episode of his podcast, Inside the Hive, that Holmes might get pregnant. “Holmes is going to get pregnant before she gets on the stand because she will look very sympathetic as a pregnant woman on the stand,” he said, per Elle.

And of course, when she made her pregnancy announcement, it threw a wrench in court proceedings.

"The parties have met and conferred, and both parties agree that, in light of this development, it is not feasible to begin the trial on July 13, 2021, as currently scheduled," read court papers obtained by CNN. "In light of Defendant's pregnancy, the parties stipulate and agree, and respectfully request that the Court order, that the trial begin with jury selection on August 31, 2021."

Her first baby was born right before her criminal trial.

Holmes' son, William, was born on July 10, 2021, per ABC News. Her criminal trial started on Aug. 31. ABC notes that during a pretrial hearing in June, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila said that there would be a quiet room for Holmes to take care of William during breaks in the trial.

Other than his birth, there was virtually no info out there around William until the recent New York Times profile. There, readers learned that "William enjoys playing in the sand, 'The Little Blue Truck,' dumplings and, like his mom, already speaks some Mandarin."

Holmes appeared visibly pregnant again in October of 2022.

When Holmes appeared in court last fall, she was sporting a pretty noticeable baby bump. Worth noting: She wore the same outfit to court while she was pregnant with William in 2021, down to the gray blazer.

Anne Kopf-Sill, a former biotech professional, tweeted that Elizabeth looked like she was five to seven months along at the time, per the New York Post. And once again, people are wondering if Holmes' decision to have another baby might have been linked to her desire for more leniency from the jury.

“I think she is hoping to get a lighter sentence,” Kopf-Sill told KRON4. “Everyone feels sorry for children that have to grow up without both parents. Even though they may be unsympathetic to Elizabeth … there still is feeling for doing something for innocent children.”

Holmes was sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

A pregnant Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison in November 2022. She was expected to begin her sentence on April 27, 2023, but the start date was delayed due to her appeal, and she now has to report to prison by May 30. A judge recommended that she serve that sentence at a minimum-security prison called Camp Bryan, which is located in Texas, Business Insider reported.

Elizabeth had a baby girl in 2023.

In late February 2023, a new document asking to postpone her sentence start date until after her appeal process wrapped up, appeared to reveal that Holmes and Billy had welcomed their new baby, per Business Insider. The doc referred to the ex-founder as a mother to "two young children."

Then, in a New York Times profile, Holmes revealed that she'd indeed given birth to a baby girl in February, whom she and her husband named Invicta (which is Latin for "invincible"). The family of four lives together in California.

Holmes wants a big family.

Despite all her legal turmoil, Holmes said her decision to have kids during her trial was prompted by the fact that she wants a big family. There was no time to waste.

“If we let how other people might view that, or what impression someone might make of it dictate how we live our lives, then we’ve lost,” Holmes told the NYT. “Finding your person in the middle of all of this and experiencing that love when you’re going through hell is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever experienced.”

Stay tuned for more updates as Holmes reports to prison today.

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