Kouri Richins: When the Defense Puts the Victim on Trial

Kouri Richins: When the Defense Puts the Victim on Trial

In the Kouri Richins murder case, the defense isn't just arguing Kouri is innocent — they're arguing the man she's accused of killing may have contributed to his own death. It's a strategy that shows up in true crime cases more than most people realize, and it almost always carries serious risk.

Eric Richins' best friend and business partner testified he never saw Eric use drugs in their entire relationship. A toxicologist identified a forensic marker in Eric's system proving the fentanyl was street-grade, not pharmaceutical. And the judge blocked the defense's most direct drug use evidence before the jury ever heard it.

On True Crime Today, Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to examine this strategy from both sides — what the defense is trying to accomplish, why it's dangerous, and whether any part of it creates the reasonable doubt Kouri needs.

They also dig into the open marriage angle, what it means legally, and the central question this whole theory creates: when a jury has already grown to respect a victim, what happens when you start attacking who he was?

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