UT - Kouri Richins, 33, Author, wife, mom, charged in husband’s unexpected death last year, May 2023 #3

[Megnut]

Kouri's busy drinking water while her attorney blathers on about Eric's "drug problem".

She actually looks like she's trying hard not to fall asleep.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Kouri Richins repeatedly told police she didn't know what happened. "Eric Richins family couldn't accept that. They needed someone or something to blame. No family ever wants to believe that behind closed doors, someone is using drugs. The family's need to make sense of Eric's death went way beyond what you would expect a normal grieving family to go through," Nester says.


11:56 AM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[Wishbone]

Wha huh? Defense confirms that, as of 10 pm, on the phone with his friend, was sober --

(Now showing his expired prescription bottle.)

Oh, there it is, they're going to blame him for his own death.

She is repulsive.

JMO

Agree, Despicable. There are other ways to defend your client than victim shaming.

 

[arielilane]

KR in debt over four million dollars
ER was a business owner

ER can no longer defend himself. Wonder why?

 

[arielilane]

Nester says Kouri knew before Eric died that his assets were protected in a trust and there were legal things they had to go through. Nester says the Richins family hired a private investigator $100,000 "to spend every waking minute digging up as much dirt as they possibly could on Kouri Richins to implicate her in Eric's death." "The investigator goes looking for skeletons in the closet and boy does he find some," Nester says. Nester says Kouri is not a perfect person, she's a flawed person, "we all are."

Nester says the prosecution is going to assassinate Kouri this entire trial, "so get ready." She says nobody is perfect, no marriage is perfect and the prosecution will spend days and weeks talking about problems in marriage, ups and downs, Kouri's business, her bank accounts, etc. Nester says we are all flawed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025979026288914636

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Nester says Eric had an allergic reaction to a sandwich on Valentine's Day, took an EPIPen, and then drove his kids to soccer. "They're asking you to believe that she secretly put narcotics in her husband's food right before he's going to drive the three things that matter the most to her in the world."


12:01 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Nester says PI took Eric's computer after he died. Nester says Eric's family hired experts and paid them all a bunch of money. They will be witnesses to testify against Kouri. Nester says Eric's family had constant communication with the prosecutor. "You're not going to hear a single one of Eric's family, Kouri's investors, her friends, her broker, her accountant, her lawyer, her marriage counselor - not one of those people is ever going to be able to tell you what happened in those six hours."


12:04 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[Wishbone]

Sidebar......please stop the victim bashing!!!!

 

[arielilane]

Nester says Eric suffered from pain, knee and back pain related to his work as a stonemason. He loved being outdoors - skiing, hunting, snowmobiles. He had been diagnosed with Lyme disease. "This is a man's man. He's a macho guy. He didn't want to show weakness. He didn't want people to know he was suffering. He didn't share that with a lot of people." Nester says Eric would smuggle gummies outside of the United States. "That's how much he needed it."

Nester says Eric asked Kouri to buy him pain pills. Prosecutor asks judge if they can approach. Attorneys congregate at judge's bench.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025980659550802261

 

[arielilane]

Sidebar is over. Nester apologizes and says, "That's going to happen a lot over the next five weeks so get ready." She says prescriptions for Oxycodone are around 10 mg per pill. If you want stronger Oxycodone up to 30 mg, you need a special prescription from a doctor or you can get it on the streets. Nester says back in 2022, the dealer where Carmen got his pills only sold Oxycodone, not fentanyl.

Nester says Carmen never mentioned fentanyl during her original story to police, but she changed her testimony when the police say, "We caught you with drugs and with guns and if you don't say what we want you to say, you're going to jail for a really long time. We're going to give you a free ticket if you say Kouri says fentanyl and she changes her story."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025982019461693681

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Nester talking about the life insurance policies. Kouri signed a $100,000 life insurance policy on Eric when she got a flyer in the mail. "Eric made that in two months. I'm telling you right now, wives everywhere sign their husbands' names on a lot of things."


12:14 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Nester says the defense and prosecution will agree on a lot of facts during the trial. But there will be disputes about what the facts mean. Nester says at the end of the trial, the burden of proof lies with the prosecution. "She is innocent right now and you have to accept that to do your job."


12:17 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Nester says the state must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt and the jury must be firmly convinced. "We're asking you to be courageous, to pay attention, to stand strong and to hold the government to that burden that's on their table. At the end of this case, you will see Kouri Richins is innocent. Find her not guilty on all charges." Nester is done.


12:19 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[MarciB]

Correct. Also, Surviving The Survivor.

What is Surviving the Survivor?

 

[Wishbone]

What is Surviving the Survivor?

a channel on youtube

 

[arielilane]

What is Surviving the Survivor?

They cover true crime and (moo) have great guest on their site.

Here is link to watch trial

Here they are on X

https://x.com/PodcastSTS

 

[MarciB]

I am having real trouble hearing the trial..
Is anyone finding "the best site" for volume???

on Court TV channel now. Also live on YouTube: Court tv, Hidden True Crime, and East Idaho News YT channels

Hidden True Crime seems to be the best video quality I've found on YouTube. East Idaho News had some jerky movements. Court TV YT is pretty good, too, but I like the chats and you have to be a paid member to join chat in Court tv. Others are free, you may have to subscribe, tho

 

[MarciB]

Nester says Kouri knew before Eric died that his assets were protected in a trust and there were legal things they had to go through. Nester says the Richins family hired a private investigator $100,000 "to spend every waking minute digging up as much dirt as they possibly could on Kouri Richins to implicate her in Eric's death." "The investigator goes looking for skeletons in the closet and boy does he find some," Nester says. Nester says Kouri is not a perfect person, she's a flawed person, "we all are."

Nester says the prosecution is going to assassinate Kouri this entire trial, "so get ready." She says nobody is perfect, no marriage is perfect and the prosecution will spend days and weeks talking about problems in marriage, ups and downs, Kouri's business, her bank accounts, etc. Nester says we are all flawed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025979026288914636

Kouri Richins is one of the most unlikeable defendants ever. When she wrote a children's book to get sympathy and $, that's what got me interested. so horrible

 

[iluvmua]

Does anyone know how much he was making a year?

 

[arielilane]

Judge sends jury out for morning recess. Bloodworth says they need some clarification for the exclusionary rule. Nester names two family members - DJ and Ronnie - who can not stay for the trial. Judge says they can not listen to the testimony or talk to anyone about it. "You are ordered not to be exposed to the testimony of this case." Rest of the family can come back in.

There is some question over the oath the judge read to the jury. Apparently there was a mistake. They will be re-sworn in after the break. Court is in recess until 10:35 a.m.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025984682492350922