A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the Moab Police Department in the 2021 death of Gabby Petito but said an appellate court might have more leeway to pry apart the case’s minutiae. “The existing case law applies governmental immunity and extends the reach of governmental immunity in this kind …
Deposition transcripts in a civil suit against Brian Laundrie’s parents reveal the phone conversation between the killer and his father, Christopher, as the elder Laundrie recounted the moment when, in his own words, everything “hit the fan.” Two days after Gabby Petito’s disappearance during a cross-country road trip, Brian Laundrie called his father, pleading for …
The attorney for Roberta and Chris Laundrie denies that he knew Gabby Petito had died while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, and denies that Brian’s parents had “full knowledge” that their son murdered Gabby. On December 8, Bertolino filed a response with the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court in Sarasota, Florida, after …
Presumed girlfriend killer Brian Laundrie sent a text to a friend following Gabby Petito’s death, without making any reference to her, according to text messages obtained by The Messenger News. Laundrie reportedly sent a message to a friend on September 4, the day he returned to Florida alone after taking a cross-country trip with Gabby …
Gabby Petito’s parents were scheduled to be questioned this week as part of a lawsuit against the parents of Brian Laundrie and their attorney, WFLA-TV reports. The depositions – in which individuals are questioned under oath – were set for Tuesday and Wednesday for Petito’s parents, Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt. Laundrie’s parents, Chris and …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace finds Roberta Laundrie’s “burn after reading” letter to Brian Laundrie “very bizarre” and doesn’t buy the mother’s explanations that she wrote and gave it to her son before he and Gabby Petito left on their cross-country trip and, of course, before he killed Petito. A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled against Christopher …
The latest filings in the family of Gabby Petito’s lawsuit against her killer’s parents includes requests for bank statements and records of texts and phone calls between Brian Laundrie and his parents. Petito was found dead in Wyoming on September 19, 2021, in the Bridger-Teton National Forest after going missing in late August, as CrimeOnline …
Slain vlogger Gabby Petito took a photo minutes before someone called 911 to report seeing her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, slapping her, according to lawyers for the Petito family. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the timestamp on the photo, taken with Petito’s phone, indicates that she took a selfie photo on August 12, 2021, at …
On Thursday, the family of Gabby Petito was awarded a $3 million judgment against her deceased boyfriend’s estate for her wrongful death last year. According to WFLA, Circuit Judge Hunter W. Carroll found Laundrie’s estate liable for Petitio’s death and the money will be paid to her estate. Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito also had …
Roberta Laundrie wrote a letter offering to “assist” her son, apparently in the time period after Brian Laundrie killed Gabby Petito and when he committed suicide. Patrick Riley, an attorney for Petito’s family, told NewsNation that the Laundries’ attorney, Steven Bartolino, has possession of the letter, which reads “burn after you read this” on the …
The lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against Brian Laundrie’s parents has been scheduled for a jury trial in August 2023 in Sarasota County, Florida. But the attorney for Chris and Roberta Laundrie filed a motion on March 31 to dismiss the civil lawsuit, which accuses them of intentionally inflicting emotional duress because …
The FBI’s investigation into Gabby Petito’s murder is still open, despite last month’s announcement that Brian Laundrie killed her and then took his own life, The Sun reports. The agency in January said that Laundrie wrote a suicide note in which he admitted to murdering Petito. Investigators believe he then shot himself. “All logical investigative steps have …
