Gabby Petito’s family has received at least some modicum of justice… they won their wrongful death lawsuit!
On Thursday, the late travel vlogger’s parents Nichole Schmidt and Joe Petito were awarded $3 million in damages from Brian Laundrie’s estate.
They have multiple lawsuits going — this one, filed in May, was against Brian himself. As our readers will know, he admitted to killing their daughter in his notebook before taking his own life.
While he can’t face the justice system, his estate can still be sued for damages. According to Brian Entin, a journalist who has been following the Petito-Laundrie case since the beginning, a judgment was reached early Thursday morning in Sarasota County, Florida, roughly one year after the 22-year-old’s remains were found in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest. Related: Gabby’s Mother Shares Heartbreaking Words On Her Grief On Twitter, the reporter revealed: He also confirmed Brian, who was found dead a month after Gabby in Florida’s Carlton Reserve, did not have even close to that much money.
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