https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/11/26/elizabeth-holmes-trial-holmes-signals-intent-to-blame-ex-lover-balwani-for-alleged-theranos-fraud/

In a strong signal that Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will seek to blame her co-accused and ex-lover Sunny Balwani for alleged fraud at her failed startup Theranos, the defense team has asked the judge in her trial to let them put statements previously made by Balwani before the jury.

In a a motion filed this week, Holmes’ attorneys said that they had sought to call Balwani — the former Theranos president whom she has alleged in court filings coerced, controlled and abused her in ways that affect the issue of guilt — to testify at her trial, but his lawyer said that if called, he would invoke the Fifth Amendment, refusing to testify to protect against self-incrimination. A lawyer for Balwani did not immediately respond to a request for comment.