# Why Are Kouri Richins’ Own Kids Begging the Judge to Never Let Her Out?

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Podcast: [The Case Against Kouri Richins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997)
Published: 2026-05-15T21:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8903661
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Three children wrote down what living with Kouri Richins was actually like — and then asked their therapists to say it out loud because they still cannot face her themselves. What came out in that courtroom wasn’t legal argument. It wasn’t prosecution theory. It was the unfiltered testimony of boys who described locked bedroom doors, starving animals, a brother smuggling food to a sibling who’d been shut away, and a woman prosecutors say was too drunk or too absent to function as a parent. One boy described a seizure that sent him to the ER — and later learned that prosecutors allege fentanyl was in the house at the time. Another described losing every milestone a father should be there for. The youngest described the moment he finally felt safe: when he was no longer in her care. Every single one of them asked the court for the same outcome. Life. No release. Because the moment she’s free, the safety they’ve built disappears. Kouri Richins listened to all of it and responded with eye rolls and visible contempt. Tony Brueski walks through every statement, every reaction — and what Kouri said for herself afterward is somehow even worse. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should…

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