The much anticipated Elizabeth Holmes documentary that aired on HBO Monday night revisited the tragic details of the Theranos biochemist who took his own life rather than expose the fact that the $9 billion company was built around a machine that did not work.
Ian Gibbons was found close to death in his bathroom after taking an overdose of pills on the morning of May 17, 2013, the same day he was to be deposed in a patent lawsuit filed against Theranos by a competitor.
He died in the hospital one week later, at which point his widow called the Theranos office to inform Holmes of the devastating news.
Holmes, who is currently awaiting a date being set for her fraud trial, did not call back however, and instead Gibbons' grieving wife was sent an email demanding she turn over her husband's computer and any other confidential Theranos documents.
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Deadly ambition: Ian Gibbons took his own life in 2013 on the same day he was to be deposed in a patent lawsuit filed against Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes (above in 2015)
Logic: In the months leading up to his deposition he became increasingly ostracized at the company, and vocal about the problems with the Edison (Gibbons above)
Gibbons was the first experienced scientist hired by Theranos and an expert in the field of blood testing, having patented a mechanism for mixing and diluting blood that was a crucial part of the company's technology.
He began working at Theranos in 2005, and the Cambridge-educated biochemist shared the rights to a number of patents with Holmes.
It is believed by most people that it was Gibbons who did all the work to obtain these patents, to which Holmes would simply attach her name.
Gibbons began to notice over time however that Edison, the machine that Holmes had claimed would revolutionize the medical industry, did not work.
Devastated: His widow Rochelle (above) said that the night before he was to be deposed he asked her if she
