Add The California Post on Google Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is facing outrage online after her X account promoted a new documentary about her downfall — even as the disgraced tech founder remains in the a federal prison for cheating investors.
The post drew fury over everything from the former Theranos CEO’s bizarre appearance in the film to how she’s able to maintain a social-media presence from behind bars.
“Why are you even able to post from prison?” one user wrote.
“Your demeanor is truly haunting,” another added.
A third critic found the clip so strange that the user questioned whether it was even real, writing, “thought this was creepy AI.”
The fury hit as angry commenters realized Holmes’ account is still active, despite her serving an 11-year prison sentence. The account has churned out posts about everything from the documentary to surprisingly mundane musings about everyday life.
The account started posting in September 2025 — more than two years after she reported to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.
But Holmes, 42, doesn’t appear to be publishing the posts herself.
“Mostly my words, posted by others,” her X bio reads.
Federal inmates are barred from accessing social media or possessing cellphones.
Exactly who is running the account remains unclear.
Holmes founded Theranos at just 19 and spent years promoting technology she claimed could run a wide range of blood tests using only a few dropsfrom a finger prick.
The promise helped turn Theranos into a Silicon Valley sensation valued at roughly $9 billion and made Holmes, whose stake was once valued at about $4.5 billion, one of America’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs.
Her empire unraveled after investigations exposed serious problems with the technology and revealed Theranos could not perform the sweeping array of tests Holmes had claimed.
Federal prosecutors charged that Holmes knowingly misled investors about the company’s technology, finances and commercial relationships while raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
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A federal jury convicted her in January 2022 of one count of conspiracy to defraud investors and three counts of wire fraud.
She was sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison and later ordered, jointly with former Theranos president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, to pay more than $452 million in restitution.
The new documentary starring comedian Nathan Fielder is putting Holmes back in the spotlight.
“You Can See Everything,” from Fielder and filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, begins 34 days before Holmes reported to federal prison in May 2023 and grew into a three-year project that continued after she was incarcerated.
The 174-minute film made its debut Sunday at a surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival after being kept under wraps for years.
Audience members reportedly did not know what they were about to see, while phones and other recording devices were bagged before the screening.
The filmmakers captured Holmes at home with her husband, Billy Evans, and their two young children as she prepared to trade her California life for prison in the Lone Star State.
Holmes remains incarcerated at the prison camp, whose inmates have included convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
Prison records list Holmes’ projected release date as Dec. 30, 2031, substantially earlier than the sentence originally handed down.
Holmes previously told People she earns 31 cents an hour while incarcerated and has spent time teaching fellow inmates French and helping them prepare for life and work outside prison.
She has also continued to insist she did not commit the crimes for which she was convicted.
“I refused to plead guilty to crimes I did not commit,” Holmes told People in 2025.
She filed a request with the Trump administration to commute her prison sentence in 2025, according to ABC news.
