Kouri Richins Trial: "I'm Rich" Meme Accessed While Husband's Body Removed

Описание: Day 1 of the Kouri Richins murder trial is in the books, and the opening salvos from both sides set the stage for what promises to be one of the most closely watched trials in recent true crime history.

Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth showed the jury three memes allegedly pulled from Kouri's phone the morning Eric Richins' body was removed from their Kamas home. One said "I'm rich." The couple's three boys were upstairs, still unaware their father was dead. Bloodworth detailed $4.5 million in alleged debt, an affair with Josh Grossman, Caribbean vacation plans booked for one month after Eric's death, and damning internet searches for women's prisons and lie detector tests. He told the jury Kouri waited fifteen minutes after first grabbing her phone before calling 911.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester countered by playing Kouri's 911 call for the jury — raw, sobbing, barely intelligible. She told them Eric had Lyme disease, chronic pain, and was dependent on painkillers. She attacked the credibility of key witness Carmen Lauber, who allegedly changed her story about selling fentanyl only after police threatened her with prison. Lauber's dealer later signed an affidavit saying he sold OxyContin, not fentanyl. The Moscow mule glasses were never tested. The house was never searched for fentanyl. The death certificate says manner of death unknown.

The day's most powerful testimony came from Eric's sister Katie Richins-Benson, who described Kouri as composed and business-focused while the family collapsed in grief — allegedly planning to close on a multimillion-dollar mansion and sell the house Eric died in. The defense challenged Katie's memory and highlighted the family's $100,000 investment in a private investigator.

Nester closed her opening with an optical illusion that can be seen as either a young woman or a witch, telling the jury the state would show them the witch while she'd show them a widow. Carmen Lauber and Josh Grossman are still to come.

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