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Pretty Lies And Alibis

RECAP: Day 5 Kouri Richins Trial Morning Testimony Carmen Lauber Finishes For Now

Pretty Lies And Alibis

GiGi McKelvey

True Crime, Daily News, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Carmen Lauber was back on the stand and finishes up cross exam. After a brief redirect she is off the stand for now, but subject to recall. 

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pretty Lies and Alibis. Let's seek the truth and travel the long road to justice together.

0:08.4

No, alibiers. Welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. Good to have you here. It's Friday, February 27th. We are on day five in the Corey Richens trial.

0:19.2

Carmen Laubert, the housekeeper and also the middle woman who got Corey the drugs that

0:24.0

allegedly killed Eric, is still up on cross.

0:26.6

And I have to say, y'all, this cross exam is a hot mess express.

0:30.7

And it's not from Ms. Lauber.

0:32.5

This defense attorney is all over the place.

0:36.0

Carmen keeps getting confused. And I will tell you, everybody in chat,

0:40.1

watching live is getting confused. But let's jump in. You worked for Corey, and Carmen said I worked for

0:46.2

her aunt. You did other cleaning besides her home. You cleaned the Midway Mansion after Eric died.

0:52.7

Carmen said, yes, it was for an open house.

0:55.5

Her and three others were there cleaning, including her friend Nick Bond Savage.

0:59.9

She asked if she was there to clean graffiti.

1:02.4

She said mainly to clean out garbage because people were squatting there.

1:06.5

Corey paid Nick through Venmo, and then the defense wants to talk about the check that Carmen picked up at Corey's house, which is dated March 6th.

1:15.7

Carmen said Corey wrote that check that morning on the 9th. You were paid how much a piece for cleaning?

1:21.5

Carmen and Nick got 25 an hour, and the defense says, so you cashed the check and divided it up. And Carmen said no, Corey sent

1:29.0

Nick his payment through Venmo. When detectives O'Driscoll and Maynard came to interview you on March

1:34.7

4th, they asked if you were talking to anyone about your cooperation and you said no. But that wasn't true,

1:41.2

was it? You told people in detail like Nick Bond Savage.

1:45.1

She doesn't remember anybody other than Nick.

1:47.7

You had a recorded conversation with Nick about how you're going to meet with the feds

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