PARK CITY, Utah (Court TV) — In a motion demanding financial documentation involving her late husband’s trust, Kouri Richins accuses her sister-in-law of paying witnesses in her criminal trial.
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, looks on during a hearing Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
Kouri is charged with murdering her husband, Eric Richins, with a fatal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow mule in 2022. Prosecutors have accused Kouri of plotting the murder to cash in on Eric’s life insurance and trust accounts.
A new motion filed by Kouri’s defense accuses Eric’s sister, Katie Richins-Benson, of failing to comply with a subpoena requesting financial records for The Eric Richins Living Trust, which Katie controls. Katie’s attorneys provided Kouri’s defense with some of the requested documentation but withheld much of it, claiming that Kouri has no right to the information…