Kouri Richins Trial: Robert Crozier Recants — Says He Never Sold Fentanyl

The prosecution's drug chain broke on Day 5. Robert Crozier, testifying under triple immunity, told the jury he sold Carmen Lauber oxycodone and had no fentanyl source in early 2022. He contradicted Lauber on the number of meetings, the substance sold, and the details in his own affidavit — which he said contained errors and language that weren't his words.

Carmen Lauber returned for her second day of cross-examination and admitted her account shifted from three purchases to four, that detectives were explaining events to her during interviews, and that Kouri Richins never asked her for fentanyl. She confirmed telling a federal investigator the same thing. Defense attorney Wendy Lewis exposed that Lauber lied about her drug use frequency, was in contact with co-witness Nick Bonsavage under circumstances the defense says violated probation, and texted Nick about protecting her drug court status before meeting with federal attorneys.

Anna Isbell testified about overhearing Kouri ask Hayden Jeffs about the "Michael Jackson drug" and said she thought it was a muscle relaxer. Defense attorneys showed the jury texts where a detective threatened Isbell with a warrant and a catch pole for her dog. A forensic tech testified about extracting data from four cell phones — one requiring physical repair — and an undercover narcotics sergeant testified with cameras ordered off by the judge.

Week 1 closed with a denied mistrial motion, jurors who flagged a spectator sketching them, and a prosecution case that has the toxicology locked down but is watching its witnesses struggle to hold the line on how fentanyl allegedly got to Kouri Richins. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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