Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino has filed a motion asking a Florida judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit from the parents of Gabby Petito, arguing that there are no facts to support their claims of 'intentional infliction of emotional distress.' Rather, he argued that Chris and Roberta Laundrie were exercising their right to remain silent.
"The Laundries have exercised their constitutional right to refrain from speaking and have relied on counsel to speak for them," he told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "This is not only common practice in our civilized society but it embodies the exercise of fundamental rights under the United States and Florida Constitutions.
Laundrie and Petito set off on a cross-country road trip last July. By October, both of them had been found dead on opposite ends of the country.has identified Laundrie as the sole suspect in Petito’s homicide. She was found bludgeoned and strangled to death at a campground north of Jackson, Wyoming, where the couple had stayed in late August.
The FBI eventually said he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Materials recovered at the scene suggested he took responsibility for Petito’s death, according to investigators."It is believed that on August 27, 2021, Brian Laundrie murdered Gabrielle Petito," the civil complaint reads.
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