years since Ian had died, but Rochelle was still grieving and struggled
to hold back tears. She blamed Theranos for his death and wished he
had never worked there. She provided a copy of the doctor’s note a
Theranos attorney had encouraged Ian to use to avoid being deposed
in the Fuisz case. The time stamp on the attorney’s email showed that
it was sent just a few hours before Ian committed suicide. Rochelle
spoke on the record even though she had inherited from her husband
Theranos stock options that were potentially worth millions of dollars.
She didn’t care about the money, she said, and in any case, she didn’t
believe the shares were really worth anything.
I flew back to New York the next day confident that I’d reached a
critical mass in my reporting and that it wouldn’t be too long before I
could publish. But that was underestimating whom I was up against.