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The 'killer' Utah grief author who allegedly poisoned her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail could lose $2million and a book deal if a new law is passed.
Kouri Richins, 33, from Kama in Utah, has been accused of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, 39, by serving him a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule on March 3, 2022.
Utah State Representative Brett Garner, who was a high school friend of Eric, has introduced a new law that would ban convicted murderers from receiving money through a prenup.
If the new bill is passed and she is convicted, Kouri could loose millions from the sale of the home she shared with Kevin, and rights to her children's book that she wrote shortly after his death.
The U.S. Sun reported that even though Garner and Kevin knew each other, they had not been in contact for years.
Kouri Richins could lose out on $2million and money from her book deal if a new law in Utah is passed. She is pictured with her late husband Eric Richins who she has been accused of poisoning in March 2022
Utah State Representative Brett Garner, who was a high school friend of Eric, has introduced a new law that would ban convicted murderers from receiving money through a prenup
Prior to his death, the couple fought over financial issues in regard to their 10-acre $2 million home and signed an agreement that would grant her the sale of the home
Prior to his death, the couple fought over financial issues in regard to their 10-acre $2 million home and signed an agreement that would grant her the sale of the home.
The home sold in January 2020 to Alec and Taryn Wright, who went on to sue Kouri and her realty firm after they claimed they had to vacate the property due to hazardous levels of mold along with a slew of unexplained health issues.
On Monday, newly filed documents claimed that Kouri first attempted to kill her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl just a month before she allegedly served him the spiked cocktail.
Prosecutors have alleged that a sandwich that she got for him on Valentine's Day was left with a note in the front seat of his truck.
She purchased the sandwich from a local diner in town, and in the same week, witnesses said she bought several dozen fentanyl pills.
Two of Eric's friends said that they remembered that he called them that same day, after he ate the sandwich, and told them, 'I think my wife tried to kill me,' according to witness testimony.
The legal documents said that prior to making that concerning phone call, Eric had rushed to inject himself with his son's EpiPen and downed a bottle of Benadryl after he reacted to the drugs.
When he woke up from a deep sleep, he called his friends and told them he thought he was going to die and that it was his wife's fault, documents said.
A housekeeper, who is also the state's star witness, told police that she had sold drugs to Kouri just a couple days before the alleged first poisoning attempt.
According to the latest documents, Kouri allegedly told the housekeeper that she needed stronger drugs because the initial pills provided weren't strong enough.
A month after that attempt, Kouri called 911 and reported that she found Eric 'cold to the touch' at the foot of their bed, according to the police
