The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie are set to battle in court after a Florida judge rules Petitos’s parents’ lawsuit can proceed. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports.
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They’re suing a homeless bum?
Sue -ing them for remaing silent? Good luck with that.
They weren’t silent.
@S. The Guy Exactly and it’s being used against them. That was their whole point!
@LL Hannah I just hope the get what they “should” have coming to them.
@Joseph Bridges they most likely have some proof or the trial would have been dismissed before it got to this stage.
I’m suing you for remaining silent. Oh how pathetic humans have become.
Opinion:
Most educated people understand remaining silent and pleading the 5th Amendment.
They were deceitful and committed obstruction of justice. They also allowed their son to escape/avoid being arrested.
What the lawyer said; about her coming home, was appalling, unethical and misleading.
@BJ Rosen would be nearly impossible to prove it, and even if you did prove it, still not illegal no matter how cruel. Courts are for facts, not feelings. The right to remain silent and not make a police report is every man’s right, and trust me, you don’t want that taken away. Life would get real bad
@Aprile Cotton I agree. This is nothing but bullying this poor old couple who also lost a son and challenging a fundamental right as human beings and all based on a vindictive assumption. These people have no idea what the Laundries knew or didn’t know.
@Aprile Cotton Check out “misprision of a felony.” Since there is no doubt that Authorities questioned the Laundries about the disappearance of Gabby, they DID commit a felony not coming clean about their son. Sorry but they also had a moral obligation to tell authorities everything they knew about the murder!
Interesting how journalists/news organization focus on publicizing victims of violence that have a certain look about them…
Even if they remain silent knowing what their son had done, would that not be like obstruction of justice. Failing to cooperate. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Maybe I’ve watched to many Law and Order episodes.
Laundrie was crazy man but Gabby was crazier lady
Last fight https://youtu.be/7Gf6-IgljyE
@oti Opondo Arinaitwe Nice. Blame the victim. That’s always a classy way to go. :/
I wonder if the autopsy supports his notes that she injured her head? I don’t believe a word of it and his parents are despicable and if they’d truly cared about their own sons life, they’d have turned him in rather than see him dead. They all went on a camping trip and he had her van and she wasn’t there. You know darned well they asked him what’s up? I’d be asking my kid! They are nasty and so is that slime lawyer of theirs! I hope they get their tails sued off…Gabby lived in their home for over a year and they didn’t care any more for her than that? They are sickening…
@Nova Angle Exactly. nobody would do that. She was probably killed by a criminal squatting in the unregulated area and Brian got blamed for it.
@LL Hannah What are you babbling about? Her mom tried to find out where BOTH of them were when she got the weird texts from Brian wanting her to believe it was Gabby, starting on Aug. 28th. Learn about what being on a road trip through National Parks means; they weren’t expected back on the East Coast until November. Since the Laundries DIDN’T talk, her family thought the two were still on the road together instead of Brian back home with her van!! Get the facts.
@LL Hannah And you’re supporting a murderer!! Wow. Get lost.🤦😠
@AnimalAdvocate Brian wouldn’t have sent those texts. They weren’t headed to Yosemite, he knew that and he knew everyone in their life knew that. There are several interviews where Gabby’s Mom said she wasn’t concerned until she hadn’t heard from her for a week and made the first attempt to contact the Laundries on the 10th. She didn’t realize those texts were strange until she realized Gabby was missing.
Technically you can sue for monetary damage because of a crime
I guess your gonna have to call Sasquatch in as a witness, he’s the real killer !!!
Those people lost their son too. Why would the Gabriel parents think his parents knew. None of that makes sense to me because money won’t get her back to life so whats the possible point.
https://youtu.be/HIFKXRRybBs Vladimir Putin theme
He wrote that because she was injured, that he decided to end her life because he thought it was merciful. She wasn’t an animal, Brian!! You go and get help.
Thank god
He is evil Brian may Gabbie Rest In Peace she is heaven now amen
Sad as the whole affair was, I don’t see any legal basis obligating the Laundries to say anything at all.
They didn’t have an obligation to speak. But they did. And what they said was deliberately deceptive
Sue she sue. Fir a second I thought they were from California, where everyone sues everyone over anything. Seems like Floridians sue over anything too. Next they will be suing the cops that pulled the late couple over just before she died.
Its just so sad… I wish she would have left him. Lets be honest. He shows up at house alone. I would take a belt to my 23 year old son.
*YESSIR!*
*SCREW THE LAUNDRIES!!!!!!*
Stuff happens…move on
When your loved one is taken out by a homicidal maniac, make sure you tell yourself that.
@ChiLyfe Forever let it go..god u people never get tired of hearing about death.. every 30 seconds and then wanna complain about the media
I must have missed the part where they proved the Launderies knew he murdered her prior to him leaving the house.
Apparently there was communication from the son to the parents.
How glib. 🤔
@SSJvegito501 wont they have to turn in their cellphones now?
Well as soon as Brian returned home in the van that they were living in that was in Gabby’s name without Gabby. And then they immediately take him on a vacation and then when authorities arrive at their house to look for him and they refuse to let him in and then conveniently during the day that they refused to let them into the house. Their son conveniently goes missing. And the fact that they were spotted going in and out of the park where the son went missing. And the fact that while Gabby was reported missing Gabby’s personal credit cards were being used to make purchases. There’s just a lot of things that the family did that make them look guilty right away
@Noel It’s called being an accessory after the fact. But thanks for the recap. 🙂
I still think he’s innocent.
He confessed. Little late to think that.
Do you people still believe this hoax story? Wow, give it up. It’s fake to max!
We should thank the Laundrie parents for aiding in the suicide of Brian. Saves the taxpayers a long trial and prison costs.
I sincerely believe if I were the family of Gabby I would have been through too much to want to have to relive it to get money. Yes, she was a victim, but it sounds like both of them were unstable and his parents acted in a questionable manner. I think suing has simply become a way of life. Imagine the costs, energy and emotional upheaval.
sick of these people
it’s over with
stfu at least stop reporting on it
Attorney Steve Bertolino regularly had threesomes with his clients Chris and Roberta Laundrie.
Civil trial and criminal trial, are different things, if your inaction leads to the death of someone, you are potentially at fault for it civilly potentially.. yeah they are owed pain and suffering money if they gave false hope knowing she was dead..
Sue the s*** out of them. No respect for their daughter smh.
Why would there even be a question? WHY ARE THEY NOT IN JAIL??? They OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE REPEATEDLY. THISE SHITBAGS DESERVE TO DIE HORRIBLY.
Do you remember when you were pretending to care about more than one missing white girl?
She’s not missing anymore. You are still talking about her. You are still not talking about missing women of color.
Great job.
They should have been arrested in the first place Brian left.
Shows how little they care about their daughter in law. They didn’t have to turn him away but get him a lawyer instead (they got one for themselves for crying out loud). Now they got no son and will deal with all of these regrets for the rest of their lives.
They were not married.
This case will go absolutely nowhere and just further clogs the court system. There is absolutely no way to prove they “knew” she was dead.
They allowed him to escape/avoid being arrested.
All the best wife beaters and murderers are Republican.
I hope the Petito family wins tbe lawsuit so that people will no longer have the right remain slients
Hopefully they get the Justice Gabby deserve , out of those laundrie’s parents they’re dirty cold-blooded , deceitful wicked and manipulative couple
The law opposes no such obligation to speak, but only those deceitful not decent as a human being without morals , uses that law in their favor .
There must be a price to pay for that .
There is no obligation to speak. But when you do speak it has to be the truth.
He ain’t dead these people, know some people higher up , he’s somewhere hiding in Guatemala or Salvador or in Europe
European refugees
No possibility of winning but courts love free money.
Great news!
I ended her life. That was what she wanted. ????????
The Laundries going camping after Brian came home without Gabby -that’s when the rubber hit the road.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
If the Laundries knew she was dead but implied otherwise, that is not only being an accomplice after the fact, but also deliberate emotional harm. Not to mention the financial costs from the lawyers to the efforts to find her.
@robert moore Maybe the Laundries should sue. They would have a better case. They have been viciously harassed and their names slandered with zero evidence to back it up. Their son was never even labeled a suspect during most of the attacks on them. The Petitos and others have purposely insighted the public to go after the Laundries which is a direct threat to their safety and likely lead to the murder of their son. The authorities are the ones with the evidence, not the Laundries. What do the Petitos hope to get from this civil case? Access to a few text messages? I’d be pressing the investigators for more info. The Laundries would’ve spoken eventually and people aren’t going to believe them at this point anyway. That statement by their lawyer only proved their point, anything they say will be used against them.
@LL Hannah They can try all they like. Outside of owing their lawyers more money, releasing yet more of their information to discovery, and putting this case back on the public’s crosshairs, not much will happen.
@LL Hannah Yeah the guilty with something to hide are like that.
@Jeff Mac If only there was a hand held “normal person” detector. That would save a lot of trouble.
They should be arrested!!! They are the worst of parents!!! They are evil!!!
This is the most disgusting and cowardly attempt to deny guilt that I have ever heard about.
This is the lowest, most morally repugnant by a long shot.
They KNEW everything. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree 😔.
Another dead white girl? 🥱 let’s move on 🌎.
A criminal and morally corrupt family. I’m guessing they consider themselves goodguys
If someone asked, and you knew, you should speak truth, or say that you will get back with an answer as soon as you can. The L’s attorney didn’t seem to help with that.
Worst son ever
This is obstruction of justice, aiding and abeittng and conspiracy…How are they not in jail…
Finally!!! HA! I bet the Laundry lawyer didn’t even realize (at the time of his statement “on behalf of the Laundry family”), just how telling, it really was to say what he said!!
Also, the families obviously knew each other, as their children were engaged to be married. There is no way…. that they knew “nothing”, and so thought it would make the most sense, to completely block Gabby’s family from every mode of communication possible. Nothing.
Human decency = negative infinity!
I personally feel if they keep the lawyer then they will lose more. He sucks and causing problems but then again to my knowledge he isn’t a criminal lawyer so he can be Brian’s family bad karma
They are both with Jesus now.
Let’s move on.
He killed that girl then his family helped him escape justice,Bankrupt them .
BRAVO! They knew and did NOTHING, BTU cover up and protect a murderer!
What a sweet picture of them! ❤️ They looked so happy together! 😍
The Laundry families is EVIL.
Seriously, why is this story STILL in the news. She isn’t any special than any other girl that was murdered!!! Enough already!!!!!!!!!! I dont know how many times I have to block it on my feed.
Run this family into poverty. But I’m 99% sure they will file bankruptcy as soon as verdict is set to avoid paying anything. ‘murica
In all seriousness I don’t understand how the mind goes to money… I get its some kind of forced accountability but think about it, they were just chilling and enjoying being old, and probably having consensual sexual random encounters as husband and wife just like Gabby mom and dad, glad the kids ain’t home…
Then just like normal Brian comes home, probably keeping to himself a few days, probably normal Brian stuff and walks into the kitchen for dinner or something and tells them. Wtf would you do? I’d probably lose it myself, in the neighbor yard cornered, 7 cops, 1 me and I’m holding a bag of pixie sticks and a dilly doe. #treepants 😎🤞👨🦯🦘
And you wrote all of this for what reason?
go away.
@J why does it have to be anyone’s fault but brian?
You missed much
All parties here are worthless including the victims choice in men. Now it’s about collecting money. Gag!
This happens literally every day. The media only cares because it’s a young blonde wht girl 😂
Yeap
That CRIMINAL PARENTS OF THE BOYFRIEND SHOULD BE CHARGED! AND JAILED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE!
if only the media were this worried about brown people dying in the inner cities.
if this isn’t white privilege I don’t what it is.
Why would someone make that statement that they hoped she was found if it didn’t come from a sincere place? makes zero sense. Even if they did know, they never would’ve added more pain because they would’ve been suffering too. If anything, this only proves their point that anything they said would be used against them.
let it go meow meow meow
not talking honestly to the cops (telling them what they knew) is a crime.
Moral crime
You don’t have any obligation to talk to police even if you know details about a crime. There’s a reason why people don’t talk to police without an attorney present; because police can and will use anything you say against you. The 5th amendment protects from self-incrimination, and the judge in this lawsuit even acknowledged that fact.
@Kyle What is that (morals )? You know you live in America?
You have a right to remain silent 🤫. You do support the constitution?
Mercy killing, we all know that’s a huge lie!!!!
I say it’s not about the money. I want the laundrie parents locked up. Jail and or prison for being an accomplice to murder. It’s called aiding and abetting. And that’s just what they did.
Brian luandrie is dead. GAbby is too. Brians parents are not going to go to jail. Brian is already dead so nobody going to want to waste time
I hope they get their just desserts!
Another girl was missing and killed few days before this poor girl. What happen to her killer? What happen to her family? 🥺
Both are dead. Drop it.
I didn’t know he killed her, I just thought he wanted some alone time 😳
He was having a bad day…poor baby…
Good call
She was too hot for that dude with no hair .
Literally everything in the US nowadays is a blame game.
One accusing and getting rewarded
The other being shamed and locked up or shunned publicly all of this nothing new but standards now.
HIS LAST WRITINGS REGARDING HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE SUCH A WINDOW INTO HIS WARPED THOUGHT PROCESS……….HE MADE HIMSELF INTO SOME KIND OF HERO FOR KILLING HER SAYING HE WAS PUTTING HER OUT OF HER MISERY……….WHAT AN EGO. ❤️☮️🙏
Murderers always try to make their crimes look good or have a reason. As if it was mercy or something. Just selfish and wanted to look good even after he died. Someone who thinks they did the right thing wouldn’t have hid what happened nor run away and off themselves when the law caught up.
From the beginning they colluded
News Flash – Trump attacked his secret service agent. Secrete Service Agents asked to testify UNDER oath!
Trump vandalized the White House, destroyed White House property in fit of rage and stole secret documents.
FBI seized John Eastman for criminal activity and now has his cell phone
Ron Johnson lies about his seditious conspiracy efforts.
Mo Brooks, Matt Gates,Scott Perry,Louis Gohmert, Andy Biggs,Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, John Eastman admits guilt….all by asking for pardons!
Everyone knows, if you ask for or accept a pardon you are admitting guilt! A pardon is for a crime committed.
Trump willfully mounted the insurrection and violate conspiracy statute 18 U.S.C. § 371 of the criminal code. Trump also stole secret documents from the White House.
Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to arrest Trump and his leadership team!
Steve Bannon Arrested, Guilty and Indicted! All appeals denied by courts and his trial starts in July 2022.
Proud Boys Leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio is arrested for seditious conspiracy
Proud Boys – Pezzola arrested for seditious conspiracy
Proud Boys – Ethan Nordean, of Seattle, arrested for seditious conspiracy
Proud Boys – Joe Biggs, of the Daytona Beach area arrested for seditious conspiracy
Proud Boys – Zachary Rehl, of Philadelphia arrested for seditious conspiracy
Peter Navarrow Arrested, Guilty and Indicted! Trial date 11/17/2022
Mark Meadows Guilty and Contempt
Dan Scavino Guilty and Contempt
Civil Contempt For Trump Is Pending
Civil lawsuits For Trump Are Pending
Jail Time For Trump Is Coming: he stole white house documents and gifts to America from foreign officials. oh and he is the insurrection leader
Loudermilk is a Trumpist Insurgent. He lead Trumpists into the Capital and then denied it.
Now you know what the future with Trumpism will continue to be like !! More mass shooting will happen if DOJ Garland doesnt arrest all top Trumpists.
No person is above the law! Listen to former DOJ Eric Holder, you can and need to prosecute Trump.
since January 6 2021 not one single Republican lawmaker has been held accountable for their insurrection actions. they will win re-election if not arrested and they will cause more chaos and mass shootings. Put an end to the evil Trumpist Republicans and support the good Republicans and good democrats.
MAGA Trumpists are ramping up their war machine to lie about their insurrection! Dont believe the lies!
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We need to support a federal law mandating prison time for each lie told by an elected official.
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More Very Disturbing Trends –
1 Law enforcement has NO OBLIGATION TO HELP ANYONE…that is what their Union will fight for during investigations and trials.
2 Law enforcement cant be prosecuted for Not doing their jobs
3 Law enforcement can legally lie unless they are under oath at that moment
4 The District Attorney will side with the cops almost always
5 Law enforcement has qualified immunity, which makes it very difficult to prosecute them
Texas Shooting Coverup …..over 18 armed evil trumpist c o p s had over 11,000 live rounds of ammo and they waited. and waited…..while people were being killed. it took the border patrol to take out the shooter…. how sad is that?
nothing will happen to these evil trumpist people unless the locals keep up the pressure and the cops and politicians involved leave!
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Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
Proverbs 10:9, NI
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Nonsense
Women love abucivee men.
*Excellent ruling!* 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Rest in peace 🙏💔😢 praying for family members 🙏❤️
Gabby deserved it. She never shut up.
Seriously, good they are pursuing this. He confessed.
They’ll just file bankruptcy and they won’t see a dime. What a waste of time 😂 🤣
GOOD
Apple and tree theory . They should pay
For their bad actions
They were actually an ugly couple
I wander why women can stay in these toxic relationshits, it’s not like you live in a 3rd world country where there’s not much to defend yourself cuz laws are not enforced…. Seriously
Brian was a sick man. His parents should live in shame for the rest of their lives!
If you live alone you will probably be happier than if you live next to a lioness
You can sue people for anything now this is frivolous who would want money from there child’s murder I would no amout could make me sell her soul for material things “white people”
God bless this mighty judge!
Good. The Laundries raised their psycho son and will now pay the price for it.
Dirty Laundries. I wonder what else they are hiding.
Parents protect their Children
She had called the entire relationship OFF.
One last ditch effort to rekindle was not on Her mind
But it was on his Clearly
No meant yes…
Everybody knew, and Gabi’s parents themselves knew … it’s better to think before letting daughter travel that way