Theranos’ Holmes May Pursue ‘Mental Disease’ in Her Defense

Is that comes at any surprise to you?

They managed to delay the trial for so long till the case went off the radar of media and public memory

The gist of this article is essentially that the judge has ordered her to be examined by doctors. That being said, as someone with mental health problems, I’m not pissed off. An insanity defense is an extremely high bar to climb; even actual psychopaths don’t succeed most of the time.

As for if she actually has a mental health problem, it is possible; even high functioning autistic people can have their moments of darkness (as in, not thinking clearly). Now, considering how long the con went on for, it’s highly unlikely that she’ll be able to convince the doctors she was “insane” the whole time.

TL;DR: I’m not upset or worried.