Brian Laundrie’s parents ‘may face TRIAL’ as Gabby Petito’s parents claim he ‘covered up her death’ in shock lawsuit

A JURY trial has been scheduled for the lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito’s parents against the parents of Brian Laundrie.

The suit was filed by Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt last month, claiming that Laundrie’s parents knew their son had murdered the 22-year-old vlogger.

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Steve Bertolino, who is representing Brian Laundrie’s parents, released a statement to the media deeming the Petito suit “baseless and frivolous.”

“A motion to dismiss the baseless and frivolous lawsuit commenced by Gabby Petito‘s parents was filed in court,” Bertolino said.

“The Laundries have exercised their constitutional right to refrain from speaking and have relied on counsel to speak for them. 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.”

He continued: “The Laundries’ rights are inalienable and the Laundries can never be liable for exercising their legal rights in a permissible way.

“Myself and my colleagues at Trombley & Hanes, who are representing Chris and Roberta Laundrie in this matter, are confident that the constitutional rights of all citizens of this country will be protected by the dismissal of this lawsuit.”

If the jury trial does happen, it won’t begin anytime soon. 

A schedule has been set for the week of August 14, 2023, at the South County Courthouse in Venice, Florida, according to court documents.

The Laundries are also accused in the lawsuit of helping their son flee the United States after the murder.

“It is believed, and therefore averred that… Brian Laundrie advised his parents, Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie, that he had murdered Gabrielle Petito,” the lawsuit states.

“On that same date, Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie spoke with Bertolino, and sent him a retainer on Sept. 2, 2021.”

Judge Hunter W Carroll release a statement on Wednesday’s order: “To be clear, the Court in today’s order is not passing on Defendants’ arguments that this lawsuit should be dismissed with prejudice,”

“The Court’s intent is to address the perceived procedural deficiency before addressing the merits of Defendants’ motion.”

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