As soon as Woodford went public with his disagreement with LP, the one thing that stopped the shorts from shorting was gone and that's why the stock got pummeled from then on. The company had to continue to raise more millions and without an angel investor like the Woodford fund that had to happen through the kind of placements which we saw. With millions more shares coupled with warrants coming onto the market the shorts had a very clear case for piling on. It's that simple. Oh and the enrollment hold provided perfect cover for them because NWBO could not discuss that without giving away a whole series of discussions with the FDA which no company can afford to do.
IMO it's naive to think that the any problem behind the enrollment halt was leaked. The attack on the stock would have been far worse and not gradual. It's enough that shorts can use circumstantial evidence against the company when FDA rules prevent the company from answering effective. No need for any leaks. This setup is all the shorts need to bury the stock until the company proves very conclusively that the naysayers thesis is long. It doesn't matter even if they are wrong, they know they will have enough profits to give 1/2 of them back in the worst case where they are suddenly revealed to have been wrong. That is their simple calculation.
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