Elizabeth Holmes Faces Renewed Attention Through Documentary After Conviction

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, returns to public attention through Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary You Can See Everything, which examines her life after her 2022 fraud conviction and arrives in theaters after nearly four years of secret filming.

The documentary follows Holmes after the collapse of Theranos, the blood-testing startup she founded in 2003 at age 19. According to the report, the film focuses on her life after she was convicted of defrauding investors.

Holmes was convicted in 2022 of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Theranos investors and three counts of wire fraud involving individual investors. The Justice Department said the wire transfers connected to those counts totaled more than $140 million.

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila sentenced Holmes in November 2022 to 135 months, or 11 years and three months, in federal prison followed by three years of supervision. Her sentence was later reduced to 10 years and three months, with release scheduled for February 22, 2030.

The Theranos founder began serving her sentence in May 2023 at a federal prison in Texas. The Department of Justice notification obtained by ABC News said she was approved for placement at the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle, Texas, on August 23, 2027.

Holmes's company raised more than $900 million from investors while promoting technology designed to perform many medical tests with a small amount of blood. Trial evidence showed the technology did not reliably perform as claimed and that conventional laboratory machines were used for some testing.

The former Theranos CEO has spoken about the impact of her imprisonment on her family, with partner Billy Evans and their children visiting her in prison. Holmes told People in 2025:

"It kills me to put my family through pain the way I do. But when I look back on my life, and these angels that have come into it, I can get through anything. It makes me want to fight for all of it." said Elizabeth Holmes, former Theranos CEO.

Theranos also involved former executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, who was convicted separately on all 12 criminal charges against him and sentenced to nearly 13 years in federal prison.