While his woman Elizabeth Holmes is successful jailhouse for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Billy Evans is ironically starting his own.
Evans is launching a concern which besides aims to revolutionize diagnostic investigating utilizing bodily fluids, according to selling materials seen by the New York Times.
The entrepreneur is successful the fundraising signifier of creating a start-up called Haemanthus, which is the Greek sanction of a angiosperm besides known arsenic a humor lily.
Evans wasn't readying connected announcing his nascent task yet, but 2 investors who helium pitched to spoke anonymously astir the plans with the New York Times.
His institution - which comes 22 years aft Holmes launched her ain phony concern named Theranos - is aiming to rise $50 cardinal to make a aesculapian investigating merchandise which would anticipation to catalyze 'human wellness optimization.'
Evans, who shares 2 children with Holmes, has reportedly raised a fewer cardinal for the task truthful far, but it's unclear what the timeline for the institution motorboat is.
He told the Times that 'when you're successful stealth, you're trying to beryllium successful stealth. (You) aren't going to find thing associated with the sanction Haemanthus'.
The Times shared a photograph allegedly showing the aesculapian instrumentality Haemanthus is creating, which looks precise akin to Holmes' Edison investigating machine.
While his woman Elizabeth Holmes is successful jailhouse for defrauding investors done her blood-testing company, Billy Evans is starting his own. (Pictured: the mates leaving national tribunal successful San Jose successful March 2023, aft Holmes was convicted of fraud the erstwhile year)
Evans, who shares 2 children with Holmes, has reportedly raised a fewer cardinal for the task truthful far, but it's unclear what the timeline for the institution motorboat is
Theranos laminitis Holmes, 41, has served 2 retired of her 11-year condemnation astatine Federal Prison Camp successful Bryan, Texas, aft she was convicted connected fraud charges successful January 2022.
She founded what seemed to beryllium a revolutionary blood-testing institution called Theranos aft dropping retired of Stanford University astatine the property of 19.
The company's valuation skyrocketed to $9 cardinal aft it claimed to person developed methods which required conscionable a droplet of humor from a finger-prick.
Forbes named Holmes the youngest pistillate self-made billionaire successful the US successful 2015.
But her Silicon Valley occurrence came crashing down the pursuing twelvemonth erstwhile a bid of explosive articles successful The Wall Street Journal laid bare her lies to investors.
Holmes managed to summation concern successful her institution by lying astir the accuracy and reliability of her blood-testing equipment, a assemblage recovered successful January 2022.
While his woman Elizabeth Holmes is successful jailhouse for defrauding investors done her blood-testing company, Billy Evans is starting his own. (Pictured: the mates leaving tribunal successful October 2022)
Holmes reportedly met Evans astatine a enactment successful 2017 conscionable arsenic Theranos was collapsing. (Pictured: the mates celebrating Holmes' 40th day astatine the Texas jailhouse wherever she is detained)
(Pictured: Holmes celebrates her 40th day with her household successful Texas jail, February 2024)
As it presently stands, Holmes is owed to beryllium released early on December 29, 2032 - conscionable implicit 9.5 years aft she began her situation sentence.
She met hubby Evans, who is 9 years her junior, astatine a enactment successful 2017 conscionable arsenic Theranos was collapsing.
According to the New York Post, Billy told a erstwhile colleague: 'You won't judge who I met! She's not arsenic the articles represent her to be.'
The pair's narration progressed quickly, contempt Holmes' ineligible troubles. They adopted a husky together, and were spotted astatine Burning Man successful 2018, and helium stood by her broadside passim her tribunal hearings.
Last February, Holmes was spotted celebrating her 40th day down bars.
At the time, she was seen playing successful the situation gait with her different fractional Billy and their children astatine FPC Bryan successful Texas.
Dressed successful her prison-issued khakis, Holmes couldn't incorporate her joyousness and smiled arsenic she held her lad and was visited by her parents and friends.
The multi-million dollar pharmaceutical scammer has allegedly been doing workout classes and spending clip with her chap high-profile inmate, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City prima Jen Shah. (Pictured: Holmes and Shah successful situation together, February 2024)
The multi-million dollar pharmaceutical scammer has allegedly been doing workout classes and spending clip with her chap high-profile inmate, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City prima Jen Shah.
She has besides been taking maternal advice from Shah, with sources antecedently claiming that they person been helping each different 'get through' their incarcerations.
Comedian Nathan Fielder has besides been spotted visiting Holmes successful the high-security prison, according to Jeff Sneider of The Insneider.
Fielder hasn't shared immoderate details astir his trips to the national jail, but Sneider's study suggests the comedian whitethorn beryllium moving connected a documentary oregon immoderate benignant of experimental video project.
Holmes' beingness has besides been dramatized done BBC1 bid The Dropout, which launched past year.