- Elizabeth Holmes is known as a former biotechnology entrepreneur and convicted American fraudster.
- Elizabeth has been married to William “Billy” Evans since 2019.
- Their youngest child was announced through court documents in 2023.
Elizabeth Holmes has made headlines for her conviction on multiple counts of fraud, but she’s also a devoted mother of two children with her husband, William “Billy” Evans. The Theranos founder, who is currently serving a reduced 9-year prison sentence (down from 11 years and 3 months), gave a rare interview from Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she detailed her prison schedule and how life behind bars is not meant for humans.
“Human beings are not made to be in cells,” Holmes said to PEOPLE on Wednesday, February 12. “It goes so far beyond understanding. I’m trying really hard not to tear up right now. I’m trying to grow, as every moment matters. And if one person’s life can be touched trying to help them in a crisis, it matters.”
Two years ago, in an attempt to appeal her case, her defense team revealed that her second child was privately born, in a motion filed in federal court, according to CBS News. The team presented the new child as a reason she shouldn’t be imprisoned while she appealed her conviction, but the request was not granted.
“It kills me to put my family through pain the way I do,” Holmes added. “But when I look back on my life, and these angels that have come into it, I can get through anything. It makes me want to fight for all of it.”
Find out more about her and Billy’s children below.
William Holmes Evans, 3
William Holmes Evans is Elizabeth and Billy’s first child. He was born in July 2021, two years after the lovebirds were married in a private ceremony. She announced the pregnancy in March 2021 and since she was already arrested for fraud at that point, the pregnancy caused the trial to be delayed, via ABC News. The trial had also been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but once it started after Elizabeth gave birth, the judge allowed a quiet room on the premises that allowed the new mom to spend time with her son during breaks.
Amid her pregnancy news, biotech professional, Anne Kopf-Sill, admitted she thought she purposely started a family to get a lighter prison sentence. “I think she is hoping to get a lighter sentence,”she told KRON4. “Everyone feels sorry for children that have to grow up without both parents. Even though they may be unsympathetic to Elizabeth … there still is feeling for doing something for innocent children.”
Invicta, 2
The pregnancy of Elizabeth and Billy’s second child was announced in Nov. 2022, and the birth was revealed in the court documents for a motion filed by her defense team in Feb. 2023. While the gender and birthdate were not disclosed at the time, the new baby was cited by her defense as a reason to request that Elizabeth not be imprisoned while she appealed her conviction.
“Ms. Holmes has deep ties to the community: She is the mother of two very young children; she has close relationships with family and friends, many of who submitted letters at sentencing vouching for her good character; and she volunteers with a rape crisis and counseling organization,” the documents in the motion read.
Later, in a profile published by the New York Times just weeks before Elizabeth was set to serve her sentence, it was revealed that her second child is a daughter named Invicta, which means “invincible” in Latin.
