Judge orders Brocklehurst baseball bat attacker’s former home to go to market, proceeds to victim

KAMLOOPS — The house formerly belonging to Kristopher Teichrieb – the man who brutally beat a Kamloops teen with a baseball bat more than six years ago – will be sold with the sale benefiting the victim’s family.

Thursday morning (Feb. 16), B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves ruled that when Teichrieb sold his home to his parents for one dollar, he was trying to shield his assets from the impending civil liability.

In 2016, Teichrieb beat Jessie Simpson with a metal baseball bat. The then-18-year-old suffered life-altering injuries and permanent brain damage.

Teichrieb eventually pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

When Simpson’s mother sued Teichrieb on her son’s behalf, Teichrieb was found liable, and Simpson’s family was awarded almost $7 million.

However, the Simpsons haven’t seen any money. Teichrieb sold his Brocklehurst home — worth an estimated nearly $600,000 — for next to nothing.

By order of the judge, the house will go on the market in April and Teichrieb’s parents, who currently live there, will have to move out.

Teichrieb’s parents won’t be facing any penalties for buying the house.

Groves said Teichrieb’s mother seemed “hopelessly naive” to her role in the illegal sale, calling Teichrieb’s father, Cornelius, the “operating mind” behind the deal. Since the sale, Cornelius suffered a stroke and is now incapacitated.

According to the judge, Teichrieb had to have known he would be facing both criminal and financial consequences which resulted in him looking to shield his assets.

“It was an intent to put his assets out of the reach of Jessie Simpson,” Groves said in court.