Tyler Shultz, a former employee at Theranos and one of the key whistleblowers who helped reveal the fraudulent nature of Elizabeth Holmes’ biotech company, recently shared his thoughts on the new documentary “You Can See Everything.” Shultz expressed surprise at the portrayal of Holmes in the film.
“The Elizabeth that I knew completely commanded a room, even if that room was full of secretaries of state, secretaries of defense, generals, or senators. She would own a room,” Shultz said on “CBS Mornings.” “She had so much confidence, and the woman that I saw onscreen looked, frankly, like a broken woman.”
Shultz also commented on a scene from the documentary where Holmes presented what she claimed was the Theranos blood-testing device.
“She brings out the Theranos device, and she lays it across the table and all of its components, so you know you can see everything,” Shultz explained. “But my problem was: that was not the device that I worked with 12 hours a day. That was not the device that we hid from regulators. That was not the device that failed quality controls.”
Holmes, who was convicted in 2022 on charges of defrauding investors, maintained her stance of not admitting wrongdoing throughout the documentary. The documentary provides a glimpse into Holmes’ life at her San Diego home in 2023, shortly before beginning her 11-year prison sentence. She resided there with her partner, Billy Evans, and their two children.
The Theranos scandal was a major event as the company claimed it could perform comprehensive clinical tests on small blood samples, a promise it failed to deliver. Shultz commented on Holmes’ actions, asserting she knowingly misled others.
“She knows that she did something wrong. She knows that she was lying because she created this whole web of lies,” Shultz stated.
Shultz was initially hired as an intern at Theranos in 2013, while his grandfather, George Shultz, was a board member. He departed the company in the following year and played a critical role as an informant in exposing the company’s fraudulent activities. Shultz also appeared in the 2016 HBO documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.”
“You Can See Everything” debuted last Friday, generating $15 million in its opening weekend, marking it as the second-highest opening weekend for a documentary.
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