Kouri Richins: Psychotherapist & Ret. FBI Chief Break Down the Woman Behind the Trial

The Kouri Richins trial has put evidence on the table for weeks. This series puts the behavior under a microscope — and brings in two of the sharpest analytical minds working in behavioral science today to examine what that evidence actually describes about who Kouri Richins allegedly is, how she allegedly operated, and what she left behind.

Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke for three complete panel conversations covering the full psychological arc of this case.

The first examines the alleged pattern of instrumental exploitation the trial record has documented in granular detail — every person prosecutors say was used, what they lost, and the psychological mechanics that allegedly made it invisible to the people inside it until it was far too late. The second examines the experience of Eric's family — their instincts the night he died, the years of fighting to be believed, and the specific layered trauma of grief that is also confirmation of what you always feared was true. The third goes to the root — Kouri's own history, what a chaotic upbringing does to a person's relationship with honesty and survival decades later, the painful irony of allegedly destroying your children's stability while trying to secure it, and what five children are now carrying from one of the most public criminal cases in recent Utah history.

Every conversation stands alone. Together, they are the most complete psychological portrait of this case available anywhere.

Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. All content is commentary and opinion based on publicly available information.

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Kouri Richins Q&A: FBI Expert on the Children's Book, the Escalation, and Eric's Ignored Warnings

She allegedly asked for "the Michael Jackson drug" after the first attempt failed. She texted that she felt "relieved" after her husband died. She then wrote a children's book about grief. And two of ...

15 Mar 46min

Kouri Richins Trial: Eric's Family Knew Something Was Wrong — The Defense Tried to Blame Him Anyway

Eric Richins' family didn't need a toxicology report. By multiple accounts, the moment they walked through the door the night he died, something felt wrong about Kouri—her behavior, her affect, the wa...

15 Mar 40min

Kouri Richins Trial: Forensic Accountant Says Business Was "Imploding" — Eric's Warning to Family Revealed

Before Eric Richins died with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system, he told his family: if I die, look at her. He was secretly meeting with a divorce attorney. He told her not to conta...

14 Mar 45min

Kouri Richins Trial Deep Dive: Eric Faddis on the Three Issues That Matter Most

If you want the most detailed, grounded breakdown of where the Kouri Richins murder trial actually stands — this is it.Defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony Brueski for ...

13 Mar 52min

The Richins Deception Record: Every Detail the Jury Has Already Seen

The Kouri Richins jury doesn't need to wait for closing arguments to form an opinion about who Kouri Richins is. The evidence has already told them. Phone searches for "fentanyl poisoning." Instructio...

13 Mar 20min

Defense Rests in Kouri Richins Trial — No Witnesses, No Testimony, Closing Arguments Next

It's over. The testimony is done. And Kouri Richins never said a word in her own defense.On the final day of testimony in her murder trial, the defense rested without calling a single witness — stunni...

13 Mar 18min

Richins Trial: The Full Breakdown of the Immunity Witness Problem

The Kouri Richins prosecution rests on a drug supply chain. But both of the key witnesses inside that chain — Carmen Lauber and Robert Crozier — are testifying under immunity agreements. Lauber's acco...

13 Mar 14min

Kouri Richins Defense Theory: Eric Faddis Breaks Down What's Left

The defense in the Kouri Richins trial built a theory that the fentanyl in Eric Richins' system may have come from someone or somewhere other than Kouri. But piece by piece, that theory has taken hits...

13 Mar 17min