Why Did Eric Richins Tell His Family "If Anything Happens To Me, It's Kouri Richins"?
About this episode
The episode explores Eric Richins' fears regarding Kouri Richins and the protective measures he took for his children before his death.
Eric Richins told his family. He called his sister Katie from overseas years before his death and said Kouri Richins had tried to harm him. He consulted a divorce attorney. He rewrote his will. He restructured his estate so his three sons would be protected. He told the people closest to him that if anything happened to him, Kouri was responsible. And he went home every night. Katie testified at sentencing that Eric stayed because he was terrified of what would happen to his boys if Kouri got equal custody. He believed he was the only thing standing between her and them. A father who saw the danger clearly and decided that being inside it was safer for his children than leaving them alone with it. Valentine's Day 2022 showed how he held it together. He called two friends the same afternoon. One heard a joke about an allergic reaction — they were laughing. The other heard fear. Eric told him straight: he believed Kouri was trying to poison him. Same event. Two realities. He wasn't in denial. He was living in both versions at once because that was the only way to keep functioning inside something he hadn't escaped yet. His children's statements at sentencing revealed what the…
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