In an amended civil lawsuit, Gabby Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, are accusing Brian Laundrie’s parents of withholding information about their son’s crime. In the lawsuit, Joseph and Schmidt claim that Brian informed his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, of Gabby’s murder three weeks before her remains were found. As reported by CNN, Brian put a call through to his parents on August 29, 2021, during which he allegedly confessed to Gabby’s murder.
After the call, Brian’s parents reportedly secured a lawyer who would go on to represent their son throughout the murder case. According to HuffPost, Joseph and Schmidt’s new amendment comes in the wake of a deposition during which the Laundries admitted that they were in contact with Brian shortly after Gabby was killed. “Prior to the deposition, we had a belief that they knew, but we didn’t know what they knew. In their deposition, they acknowledged that Brian called them frantically. He said Gabby was gone, and he needed a lawyer,” Pat Reilly, Joseph and Schmidt’s lawyer, explained.
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The recent claims come only one year after Joseph and Schmidt received a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Laundries. “No amount of money is sufficient to compensate the Petito family for the loss of their daughter, Gabby, at the hands of Brian Laundrie,” Reilly told HuffPost in an email.
