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Elizabeth Holmes's X Account Is Run by Her Partner, Film Shows

A new documentary reveals that Billy Evans posts for the imprisoned Theranos founder, and a new signature rule only partly clarifies who is speaking.

Elizabeth Holmes's X account is largely run by her partner, Billy Evans, according to the documentary You Can See Everything, and the account's new signature rule has not made it much easier to tell who is talking.

Holmes is serving an 11.25-year prison sentence, yet the account stays busy. In the film, Nathan Fielder and actor Amanda Seyfried scroll through it in September 2025 and find posts that do not sound like her, or that are false. One example: asked whether she had ever watched The Dropout, the series based on the Theranos story, "Holmes" answered "Never will." She watched it on camera for the documentary. Evans says in the film that he posts on her account himself.

The account is one of several channels he uses. The film shows that he holds power of attorney for her, often made business decisions without consulting her, and created an AI version of her to speak to business partners, their children and the public on social media. Their next startup, the film says, is about blood testing.

Weeks before the film's October 16 wide release, the account announced a rule: posts in her own words would carry the signature "-EAH," and anything else came from "the team managing this account." Since September 27, some posts carry the mark and others do not. The latest post, "I really don't think you are ready for this doc," does not. Other posts, such as a cryptic "No one can stop what's coming" and one about Charlie Kirk after his death, leave open whose words they were. Evans said in the film he was a fan of Kirk. Several posts appear to be screenshots of emails Holmes sent, which are plainly her own.

Staff-run accounts for public figures are routine. What sets this one apart is that first-person statements, like the "Never will" reply, were contradicted by the film's own footage. A signature also proves little on its own: anyone with access to the account can type three letters, and an unsigned post is ambiguous by design.

The larger question is how much of Holmes's public voice now passes through one person. Viewers have started replying directly to Evans, which suggests they have already decided who is on the other end.

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