Seems like Gabby Petito‘s family has a better case than some experts predicted! Last week marked the first day in court in the grieving parents’ lawsuit against Brian Laundrie‘s parents.
The Petitos are claiming that Chris and Roberta Laundrie knew their son had killed his fiancée — and the act of covering it up caused the YouTuber‘s family undue stress as they searched in vain for their missing daughter.
Some legal experts felt after that first hearing that the judge was as skeptical as they were about the merits of the case. The question at hand was not whether Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt could prove the Laundries knew — that was for the trial.
This initial hearing was for the judge to determine whether the case could move forward. In other words, does it even make sense that what the Laundries did or didn’t do could cause the family “emotional distress”?
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