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Ex-Theranos exec finds way to delay start of prison sentence
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FILE - Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 7, 2022. Balwani is scheduled to begin his nearly 13-year prison sentence Thursday, March 16, 2023, for a blood-testing hoax he engineered with Holmes, who is still fighting to remain free while she appeals her conviction. - photo by AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File
Former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani found an escape hatch Thursday from the scheduled start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence for a blood-testing hoax he engineered with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Just hours before Balwani was supposed to surrender to authorities, his lawyer filed documents notifying U.S. District Judge Edward Davila that he wouldn't be doing so. The notice cited a last-minute appeal of a recent Davila ruling rejecting Balwani's request to remain free while trying to overturn his conviction on 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy.