University of Idaho Murderer Bryan Kohberger Can Sell the Story of His Stabbing Spree, Judge Rules

Bryan Kohberger has a potential new source of income.

The former criminology grad student, who pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, owes more than $350,000 in restitution to his victims’ families, along with fees and fines.

And in a ruling filed on Thursday, November 13 — the third anniversary of the brutal slayings — judge Steven Hippler declared that he has no excuse not to pay because he receives donations and could work in prison.

In addition, Hippler suggested that Kohberger, 30, could also sell the story of his brutal stabbing spree for cash. An Idaho law that prevents criminals from profiting off of their crimes, “leaves open the potential for Defendant to receive money from media contracts in the future” which “would not be source of ‘earning potential’ for restitution purposes.”

Latah County, Idaho, prosecutor had argued that the victims’ families should get any money that Kohberger makes on movies or books about the case at a hearing on Wednesday, November 5.

The prisoner’s attorney ruled out the possibility that he would do so, calling it “speculation,” per the Daily Mail, but now he has the judge’s go-ahead to do just that.

Kohberger is serving four consecutive life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.