Instead, he may have unwittingly signed his own death warrant.īecause, according to legal documents filed by Kouri last March, as far as she was concerned, the prenup remained in 'full force and effect' at the time of Richins's death and under its terms her financial gains were considerable if he died while they were still married. The driver, who was later sentenced to prison, had been smoking weed and couldn't see through his frost covered windshield.Įric's family was trying to protect him and prevent a repeat of the 'difficulties' of his divorce from Jorgenson, according to court filings. She was rear ended by a pickup truck that barreled into her at 70 mph as she waited at a red light, according to a report in the Salt Lake Tribune. Jorgenson died aged 26 in a fiery car crash in January 2011. The decision to have a prenup in the first place was inspired by the experience of Eric's 2009 divorce from his first wife Julie Jorgenson, whom he married in 2005.
The document was signed along with the wedding certificate on June 15, 2013, and under its terms, on Eric's death, pretty much everything would pass seamlessly to Kouri. Unknown to Kouri he transferred the family home, all personal property and his interest in the masonry business he ran with friend and partner, Cody Wright, into the Trust which he then placed in the sole control of the older of his two sisters, Katie Richins-Benson, 38.īut as far as Kouri was aware, his estate was to be divided according to the terms of the couple's prenuptial agreement which Eric's late mother, Linda, presented to her on the very day of their wedding.
Eric was divorced from his first wife Julie Jorgenson, whom he married in 2005Īccording to the police warrant, at the time, Richins had expressed a fear that his wife might 'kill him for the money'.
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