He kept it secret for a reason. Eric Richins consulted a divorce attorney 18 months before his death and made sure his wife never found out.
Christina Miller has handled over 2,000 divorces in Park City over nearly 30 years. She met with Eric Richins on October 23, 2020, for two and a half hours. He filled out her paperwork, went through the process, and walked out with a to-do list. In her experience, a to-do list means one thing: the client intends to file. But Eric had one condition. No contact through his own phone or email. Everything went through his brother-in-law Clint Benson. Kouri was never supposed to know.
Defense attorney Wendy Lewis takes this testimony in a different direction on cross. Watch what she does with the fact that Eric never actually filed, and what she builds around the idea that a man consulting a divorce attorney might ultimately decide what he really needs is to protect his family a different way.
⏰ KEY MOMENTS
00:49 - Miller describes her intake process. Over 2,000 divorces. She knows what a client who intends to file looks like. 09:12 - How Eric Richins ended up in her office. The word "urgent" came from Clint Benson. 11:50 - Eric fills out the paperwork but asks for something unusual. Pay attention to what he doesn't want Kouri to see. 15:00 - Miller stops filling out the custody form. In 30 years, every time she's stopped here, it means the same thing. 17:59 - The to-do list. What it means when a divorce attorney gives you one. 21:31 - Lewis takes over. She's not trying to discredit Miller. Watch what she's actually building.
On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins called 911 from her Francis, Utah home at 3 a.m. Her husband Eric was unresponsive. Toxicology revealed five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. Eric had no history of drug use.
Prosecutors allege Kouri had been taking money from Eric for years. They say she owed lenders more than $1.8 million and had opened nearly $2 million in life insurance on Eric without him knowing.
Eric discovered the financial issues in 2020. He changed his will, created a trust naming his sister as trustee, and removed Kouri as beneficiary.
One year after Eric's death, Kouri published a children's book about a father watching over his son from heaven. Four weeks later, she was arrested. The defense maintains her innocence.
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