Brian Laundrie’s parents tried to avoid being questioned too much during their civil suit in December.
follow Fox Newsattorneys for Chris and Roberta Laundrie filed a motion asking the court to enforce a narrow line of questioning in Gabby Petito’s murder when they are deposed next month.
Gabby was strangled to death by Brian in August 2021.
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The defense team asked Judge Hunter Carroll to limit questions to details from August 27, 2021 to September 19, 2021.
Gabby’s parents believe she was killed on or around August 27th and her body was found in a Wyoming national park on September 19th.
“We would like to limit the questioning only to the matters and time period related to the claims that have been filed,” Laundrie family attorney Steve Bertolino said on Friday, October 28.
The Laundry Wants to Limit the Question and Answer Line During Deposition
The motion acknowledges that Petito’s family and the public are seeking more answers regarding the 22-year-old’s death; however, it also held that the public interest was insufficient to compel Kedai Dobi to answer the broader question.
“The public following the case and the Plaintiffs are likely to want to know about Brian Laundrie’s life, his final days, his interactions with his parents, and the thoughts and feelings his parents were experiencing,” Laundrie’s attorney Matthew Luka wrote in the filing. “But curiosity is no reason to ask the Defendant to discuss such personal and heartbreaking details. Rather, the discovery must be relevant to the cause of action at issue.”
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Gabby’s parents claim in their lawsuit against the Laundromat that they knew their son had killed their daughter and helped her evade law enforcement officers.
The Laundromat tried to have the lawsuit dismissed, but failed to do so.
On June 30, Judge Carroll delivered some news that Dobi hoped would never come true.
Gabby’s Parents Sue Chris & Roberta Laundrie
The Petito-Schmidt family is suing Brian’s parents for knowing more about Gabby’s whereabouts than they let on and for taking Brian on a trip after he killed their daughter in an attempt to flee the country.
Their lawsuit also alleges the Laundrie family deliberately ignored the Petito-Schmidt family’s pleas for help with Roberta and even blocked Nichole Schmidt’s number and social media accounts.
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“Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie exhibited extreme and outrageous behavior that constituted behavior, under the circumstances, that exceeded all possible bounds of decency and would be regarded as shocking, cruel, and completely unacceptable in a civilized community,” the filing, which was obtained . by PEOPLEread
Laundrie’s attorney, Steven Bertolino, claims his clients are exercising their fifth amendment rights by remaining silent. The Laundries filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
Judge Carroll agreed that the family did not need to talk about the case, but disagreed that they were completely silent given the statements they made when Gabby’s body was found.
He called Laundrie’s actions in restricting contact with Petito-Schmidt “particularly callous and cruel.”
“If the facts of this case had been completely silent without affirmative action by Laundries, the court would have resolved this case in favor of Laundries on the concept of a lack of legal duty for Laundries to act,” Carroll said. “Had Kedai Dobi really remained silent, the court would have granted the motion to dismiss in favor of Kedai Dobi. But they are not silent.”
Judge Carroll referred to Laundrie’s September 14, 2021 statement they gave about Gabby’s body being found.
A statement issued through their attorney said: “It is our understanding that a search has been organized for Miss Petito in or near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. On behalf of the Laundrie family, we hope that the search for Ms. Petito is successful and Ms. Petito is reunited with her family.”
He went on to say that if Petito-Schmidt’s allegations in the lawsuit were true and they knew Gabby was dead, “the Laundromat’s statement was extremely callous and cruel, and it was outrageous enough to make an allegation of intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
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