“If He Could Just Go Away” — Kouri Richins’ Affair Texts Exposed in Court on the Day Eric Died Four Years Ago
The Kouri Richins murder trial took its most personal turn yet as prosecutors called her longtime boyfriend to the stand — and walked the jury through years of texts that prosecutors say reveal exactly what Kouri wanted, and what she was willing to do to get it.
Robert Josh Grossman testified on the four-year anniversary of Eric Richins’ death. He broke down on the stand reading private messages that included Kouri telling him: “If he could just go away and you could just be here. Life would be so perfect.” And: “I can’t expect you to sit around for the day the trigger gets pulled.”
The texts prosecutors presented told a layered story — from Kouri asking Grossman in January 2022 if he had ever done drugs, to a February dream text where she imagined divorcing Eric and buying the Midway Mansion with Grossman, to the morning Eric died when their brunch plans fell apart and Kouri texted: “Eric passed away. Talk later.”
But prosecutors also revealed something the jury hadn’t yet seen about who Eric Richins really was behind closed doors. He secretly consulted a divorce attorney. He built a living trust naming his sister — not Kouri — as trustee over $7.6 million in assets. He told his estate attorney that Kouri had taken $250,000 of his money using his power of attorney. And he chose not to revoke it because, in his own words, she was the mother of his children.
Two weeks after Eric died, Kouri and Grossman drove into the Uinta Mountains. According to Grossman’s testimony, Kouri asked him what it feels like to kill someone.
The defense moved for a mistrial. The judge asked for a written motion. Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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