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Elizabeth Holmes has declared she is 'fighting to prove my innocence' and return to her children as the convicted Theranos fraudster tweeted a loving pre-prison selfie with her longtime partner Billy Evans.
The 42-year-old broke her silence from behind bars on Sunday night with a social media post marking what she said had been 1,216 'endless days and nights' in prison - while making clear she is still battling to overturn her conviction.
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battling → see → conviction
Alongside the statement, Holmes's X account posted a photograph of her smiling beside Evans, 33, the hotel heir with whom she shares two young children.
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she → post → children
The intimate image appears to predate Holmes's incarceration.
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image → appear → incarceration
She is dressed in regular clothes and a blue baseball cap rather than prison clothing, leaning her head against a smiling Evans as the pair pose together outdoors.
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pair → dress → Evans
'I was silenced for a long time.
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I → silence → time
And then imprisoned,' Holmes wrote.
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Holmes → imprison → ?
'I am fighting to prove my innocence and come home to my babies and the love of my life.'
Holmes is currently incarcerated at the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas after being convicted in 2022 of four fraud and conspiracy counts stemming from blood-testing startup Theranos, which spectacularly imploded.
Her latest declaration comes as she prepares for a significant step toward freedom.
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she → fight → freedom
Elizabeth Holmes declared she is 'fighting to prove my innocence' and return to her children in a defiant message posted to her X account on Sunday night
Holmes shared this pre-prison selfie with longtime partner Billy Evans, writing that he 'fights fiercely' for their family and adding: 'I love him beyond space and time.'
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I → declare → space
Last week it was reported how she has been approved to move to an Austin-area halfway house next summer.
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she → report → house
The former Silicon Valley superstar is expected to transfer to the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle on August 23, 2027, according to an update from the Department of Justice's Victim Notification System.
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superstar → expect → System
The facility is just miles from the Austin neighborhood where Evans has been living, potentially making it easier for Holmes to see him and their children.
Holmes was originally sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison but that sentence was cut by a full year in March reducing her court-imposed term to 10 years and three months.
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sentence → live → years
Her actual time in custody is expected to be shorter still.
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time → expect → custody
Holmes used Sunday's message to explain how her social media presence has continued despite her imprisonment.
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presence → use → imprisonment
'I have now been imprisoned for 1,216 endless days and nights,' she wrote.
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she → imprison → days
'During that time, as we fight for freedom, my loved ones have helped manage my account.
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ones → fight → account
Billy is one of the people carrying that responsibility for me.'
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Billy → carry → me
She then delivered a glowing tribute to Evans, who has remained by her side throughout her legal downfall and incarceration.
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who → deliver → downfall
'He fights fiercely for me and our family,' Holmes wrote.
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Holmes → fight → me
'I love him beyond space and time.'
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I → love → space
Elizabeth Holmes is seen during a family visit at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas earlier this month, where the disgraced Theranos founder is serving her fraud sentence
Holmes is currently held in the minimal-security prison, Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, in Texas
Holmes said that from now on, messages containing her own words would be signed with her initials, '-EAH,' while unsigned posts would come from the 'team' running the account.
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posts → see → account
I am profoundly grateful for the support we receive as we fight to expose the truth and challenge deeply entrenched perceptions,' she added.
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she → receive → perceptions
'Opening letters from my supporters at the end of unforgiving days constantly ignites the fire in my heart.
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Opening → open → heart
Holmes concluded with a Bible verse: 'The truth will set you free.'
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truth → conclude → you
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The defiant statement represents the latest attempt by the disgraced entrepreneur to reenter the public conversation after years in which her spectacular rise and fall became one of Silicon Valley's most notorious scandals.
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rise → represent → scandals
Theranos was once valued at around $9 billion after Holmes claimed its technology could perform a vast array of medical tests using just a pin prick of blood.
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technology → value → blood
But the company's claims unraveled following reporting by The Wall Street Journal, eventually leading to its collapse and Holmes's prosecution.
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claims → unravel → collapse
She continues to challenge her conviction and has sought clemency after her efforts to overturn the verdict through the appeals process suffered setbacks.
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She → continue → setbacks
Her prison life is a far cry from her years as a celebrated tech billionaire.
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life → celebrate → billionaire
Holmes earns just 31 cents an hour working as both a re-entry clerk and law clerk at Bryan, helping other inmates prepare for life outside prison and assisting with legal matters.
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inmates → earn → matters
Holmes was once the celebrated founder of a startup valued at $9 billion before Theranos spectacularly imploded
Back in 2023, Holmes and Evans were photographed spending her final days of freedom soaking up the sun as a family in San Diego
She has also been ordered to pay, jointly with former Theranos executive and ex-boyfriend Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani, hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution to victims.
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She → value → victims
Weekends appear to provide something of an escape from the monotony of prison life.
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Weekends → appear → life
Recent Daily Mail photographs showed Holmes spending visiting hours with her son William, five, and daughter Invicta, three, on the grounds of the Texas prison.
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Holmes → show → prison
Holmes has previously described visits from Evans and their children as the highlight of her week.
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Holmes → describe → week
Her latest social media intervention also comes as Holmes is thrust back into the spotlight by You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder's documentary chronicling her final weeks of freedom before she surrendered to prison.
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she → come → prison
Fielder moved into Holmes and Evans's California home and filmed them for 34 days as the couple confronted the reality that Holmes would soon be separated from their children.
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Holmes → move → children
In the documentary trailer, Evans even acknowledges that he once considered whether Holmes could be scamming him.
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Holmes → acknowledge → him
Holmes' husband Billy Evans, right, admits he once feared she could be 'scamming' him
The family reunion in prison comes ahead of the release of a documentary on the disgraced Theranos founder, made by Nathan Fielder.
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reunion → admit → Fielder
She is pictured with the filmmaker in the trailer
'100%,' Evans responds when Fielder asks whether that possibility ever crossed his mind, before questioning what Holmes could have gained from him.
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Holmes → picture → him
Fielder also confronts Holmes herself over whether he is seeing the whole truth.
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he → confront → truth
'I don't have anything to deceive you on,' Holmes insists.
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Holmes → have → you
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