Kouri Richins' Civil Lawsuits: The Fight Over Eric's Estate Explained | Case Brief

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

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The complex civil lawsuits surrounding the estate of Eric Richins, husband of Kouri Richins, who is accused of his murder. These civil cases are stayed (on hold) as the Kouri Richins' criminal case and are being handled by the same judge, which is noted as unusual. A conviction could significantly alter her entitlements under the law (e.g., preventing her from inheriting). The criminal trial's outcome will also impact the ability to depose Kouri Richins for the civil cases.

Eric Richins's sister, Katie Richins Benson, acting as the representative of Eric's estate and trustee of his living trust, has sued Kouri Richins, her mother, her brother, and Kouri Richins Reality (KRR) for various alleged improper financial actions.

Kouri Richins has countersued the estate, arguing she is entitled to a portion of Eric's assets. She seeks declaratory judgment and quiet title, asking the court to declare that she owns 50% of the home, personal property, and business interest. She also seeks a money judgment against the estate for unjust enrichment. These actions also takes money away from her children's future.

RESOURCES

Kouri Richins New Charges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ULdoW-g4w

Kouri Richins Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gJYyEMQDM_Cn4icqWBV20fW

Walk The Dog Letter - https://www.youtube.com/live/9vmnAHDbBJ0&t=3636s

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most,
0:03.9	just more briefly. If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now,
0:08.6	let's get into it. Horry Richens was arrested in 2023 and accused of the 2022 murder of her husband.
0:17.9	Yes, it took a while for them to arrest her. Yesterday we went over the 26 new
0:23.8	charges against her, which are in the mortgage fraud, forgery, money laundering realm, but they are
0:32.2	interwoven in time with the charged attempted murder and murder of her husband, Eric Richens.
0:40.0	Eric Richens, before the attempted murder and murder, had discovered based on allegations
0:45.7	from the prosecution, that Corey Richens had taken out an unauthorized home equity line of
0:51.8	credit on his home that they were living in. This was a home
0:55.7	purchase prior to marriage that per the premarital agreement was separate property, but she had
1:01.2	taken out a loan on it and used that $250,000 loan to start her real estate business without his
1:07.9	permission. When he found out about that, the prosecution alleges in 2020,
1:12.5	he started meeting with a divorce lawyer and setting up a trust to protect his assets and his
1:18.9	children and took Cory Richens off as beneficiary. So they were still married, but he removed her
1:24.7	as beneficiary on his life insurance policy and made sure that his
1:29.6	business, he ran a company with a business partner, a stonemasonry company that was, by all accounts,
1:36.1	doing very well. That was put into the trust so she wouldn't get a part of it. The home was
1:41.7	in the trust, even though it was separate property in the premarital agreement. It was put in the trust. And his sister, Katie Richens, because Richens
1:48.8	is Corey's married name, was put in charge of the trust. After the murder of Eric Richens,
1:54.8	Corey Richens discovered that she was not the beneficiary of the largest life insurance policy, that the home wasn't going
2:02.4	to her, and she was not entitled to half of the business. In the premarital agreement, we saw this
2:08.2	yesterday, and we've seen this in other documents in the case, it indicated that she would get
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