Theranos whistleblower barely recognizes Elizabeth Holmes in new documentary

Key Points:

• The documentary You Can See Everything, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, earned an estimated $15 million in its opening weekend, marking the second-biggest documentary debut ever and follows Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she reported to prison in 2023.
• Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos engineer who helped expose the company’s faulty technology, criticized the film for showing a future version of the Theranos device that was never completed, contrasting it with the unreliable Edison machine he worked with daily.
• The documentary portrays Holmes living modestly, but Shultz and reports reveal she lived in luxury, including a $5.8 million oceanfront rental and previously a $135 million estate during her trial, challenging the image Holmes cultivated.
• There is controversy over who created the "Elizabeth Holmes" character portrayed in media; Holmes denies creating it herself, contradicting a New York Times profile, and neither she nor her partner could provide recordings of interviews to support their claim.
• Shultz acknowledges Holmes may have been abused by former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani but maintains that her victimhood does not excuse her fraudulent actions, highlighting the complex dynamics behind the scandal.