ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after authorities concluded he strangled her during a cross-country trip in August 2021. The settlement was signed Thursday by Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter W. Carroll. A lawyer for Petito’s parents said whatever […]
The parents of Gabby Petito filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department on Thursday alleging its officers were negligent in their interactions with the 22-year-old and her fiancé Brian Laundrie two weeks before her death last summer. “The purpose of this lawsuit is to honor Gabby’s legacy by demanding […]
New video footage has emerged showing Gabby Petito shopping with her fiancé and suspected killer Brian Laundrie at a Wyoming grocery store on the last day she was seen alive. The security footage was obtained on Monday by Fox News and was taken on the afternoon of Aug. 27, 2021. It shows Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, entering […]
SALT LAKE CITY—Gabby Petito’s family on Monday notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers investigated a fight between her and her boyfriend. The fight happened weeks before authorities say the boyfriend killed her while […]
NEW YORK—Even in hindsight, Nichole Schmidt can’t be sure if anything could have been done to save her daughter Gabby Petito from a messy and violent relationship that ended in murder nearly a year ago in the western wilderness. But there is work to do, she said, to keep alive the memory of her daughter, […]
SARASOTA, Fla.—A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip. The decision Thursday by Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll means the lawsuit can proceed against Christopher and […]
A portion of the notebook that Brian Laundrie left behind contained an alleged confession regarding her death, according to lawyers for the two families. “I ended her life,” a line from the note says, according to WFLA and Fox affiliates. WFLA posted a photo of the notebook page that was obtained by attorneys of the […]
The mother of Gabby Petito has filed a new lawsuit against the curator of the estate of Brian Laundrie, who was Petito’s boyfriend prior to her death. Nichole Schmidt filed the lawsuit in Florida seeking wrongful death damages of $30,000 and demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News, […]
In an amendment to their lawsuit filed earlier this spring, Gabby Petito’s parents allege during the search for the young woman, Brian Laundrie’s parents knew their son had killed her and knew “the whereabouts of her body.” The amended suit, filed by Petito’s parents, alleges the Laundrie family went on vacation to Fort De Soto […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sarasota County Circuit Court contends that Laundrie told his parents on Aug. 28 […]
