Oscar-Winning Director Denied Access to Theranos Deposition Tapes

• Del. court rules documentary filmmaker can’t have deposition tapes from two lawsuits • Judge says tapes not subject to right of public access

An Oscar-winning filmmaker can’t obtain recordings from proceedings in two settled lawsuits brought by investors against controversial medical-testing startup Theranos Inc., a Delaware state court ruled.

Chancery Court Judge J. Travis Laster, in an April 23 written opinion, said the request for the tapes didn’t meet the threshold requirement for the “public right of access.”

Producer Alex Gibney asked the court in February for tapes of multiple depositions, arguing that they were a part of the ...