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Billy Evans Says He Did Not Consent to Nudity in 'You Can See Everything'

Jonah VillalbaPublished 9m ago2 min readBased on 1 source
Billy Evans Says He Did Not Consent to Nudity in 'You Can See Everything'
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Billy Evans, the husband of Elizabeth Holmes, says he did not agree to his full-frontal nudity appearing in the film You Can See Everything.

Evans made the claim in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, as Deadline reported. He told the programme that he "did not give consent" for the footage to be used.

He said he knew he was being filmed while he showered. He also said filming took up to 16 hours a day, and that he was surprised to see his whole body on screen "for the world to see."

The film documents the month before Holmes began an 11-year prison sentence on fraud charges. Holmes, the former chief executive of the blood-testing company Theranos, was convicted of defrauding investors. Her sentence is the subject of the film's timeline, and the footage of her household is part of that record.

A24, the company that distributed the film, responded to CBS. It said, "Everything that was filmed was filmed with their consent." A24 has not given further detail so far.

Evans told CBS that he has no intention of suing A24 over how he is shown in the film. He did not say whether he had raised his objections with the company before the film's release.

The dispute is a question of consent on set, which is often settled in writing before cameras roll. Filmmakers who record people in private spaces usually collect release forms, and those forms set out what the subject has agreed to. Whether any such form covered the scenes Evans describes has not been made public.

For readers following the film, the core issue is simple. One person says he was filmed nude without agreeing to it. The company that released the film says every shot was agreed to. Neither side has offered proof in public, and the two accounts stand side by side.