One of the sisters of Eric Richins filed a lawsuit against her brother’s widow Tuesday, accusing Kouri Richins of enacting a “horrific endgame” to steal money from her husband, orchestrate his death and profit from it.
The lawsuit was filed amid an ongoing criminal case against Kouri Richins, who prosecutors say killed her husband.
Kouri Richins, a Kamas mother of three who wrote a book meant to help children cope with grief after her husband’s 2022 death, has been charged in 3rd District Court with one count of aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in connection with his apparent killing.
Katie Richins-Benson also accuses Kouri Richins of stealing other estate property after Eric Richins’ death, including at least $225,000 cash, theater room furniture, an electric motorcycle, a flatbed trailer and several vehicles, off-road vehicles, ATVs and other recreational vehicles. In total, these items are estimated to be worth at least $300,000, the complaint states.
In all, Katie Richins-Benson seeks $5 million in the lawsuit, according to the filing, as well as punitive damages.Starting in 2016 and perhaps earlier, the lawsuit states, Kouri Richins began having financial troubles. In 2019, she formed K. Richins Realty, and started stealing money from her husband to fund her business and attempt to address her money problems, the complaint alleges.
Kouri Richins is also accused of borrowing $250,000 using a forged power of attorney. She promised her husband she would repay all these amounts, but instead “overtly lied,” the complaint alleges, “as to persuade Eric not to take action against her.” The complaint also alleges that Kouri Richins’ “abused” her husband’s personal identity as she sold and promoted her book on Amazon and inon KTVX-Channel 4′s “Good Things Utah.” The book has since been removed from Amazon’s website.
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