Defense Questions Insurance Agent About Who Made Changes To Insurance Beneficiaries

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Издатель Mar 5, 2026

Kouri Richins' lawyer Alexander Ramos is a former deputy federal defender who describes himself on his law firm website as "a gritty and zealous advocate."

He cross-examined Lashawnda Rodgers, a senior representative in New York Life Insurance Company's call center, today (Wednesday, March 4, day 8) after she testified in direct-exam about changes made to the beneficiaries of a life insurance policy for Eric Richins' business partner.

Ramos appeared to be trying to show that no one knows for sure who made the changes to the policies.

01:46 "So this page is not, does not have a client ID listed. Um, it does have the owner's name, Eric, and it has his address and the email address here, but it's not specific to the client ID."

11:45 "You had to reach back out to the I believe your IT people ... and they produce a document that outlined exactly what had happened. Correct?"

Background:

Kouri Richins, 35, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl at their home in Kamas, Utah, in March 2022. After he died, she self-published a children's book she authored titled "Are You With Me?" about coping with grief.

Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in their home on March 4, 2022.

Prosecutors allege Kouri dropped a lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow Mule cocktail she prepared for him. They say she was motivated by money because she owed nearly $5 million to lenders and had changed her husband's life insurance policies prior to his death while also taking out a home equity line of credit without his knowledge. She also was in a romantic relationship with another man.

Her defense is that her husband died of a self-inflcited overdose and his family pressured police to implicate her.

You can watch the prosecution's opening statement here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-6-DFKVdU and the defense opening statement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw6cnneVhW0

Prosecutors allege she previously tried to murder him by poisoning his sandwich on Valentine's Day 2022, which her husband told a friend about.

Richins' criminal charges in Summit County, Utah, include aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud.

Her trial is scheduled to last five weeks. Judge Richard Mrazik in Utah's 3rd District Court is presiding at the Silver Summit Justice Center near Park City.

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