Brian Laundrie’s family lawyer slams ‘inaccurate’ new Gabby Petito documentary and blasts ‘let parents mour… – The US Sun

BRIAN Laundrie’s family lawyer has hit out at the new Gabby Petito docuseries, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.The Netflix documentary American Murder: Gabby Petito was released this week and reveals fresh details about the vlogger’s final days.The three-part documentary series features previously unseen texts, diary entries, and footage from family and friends.Petito, 22, was strangled to death by Laundrie during a cross-country trip in August 2021.He drove their white van back to his family home in Florida after leaving her body at a campsite and later took his own life, admitting to the murder in a suicide note.The docuseries features damning scenes involving his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, who never responded to desperate texts from Petito’s family about her whereabouts.In an exclusive statement, the Laundries’ attorney, Steven Bertolino, told The U.S. Sun that the documentary was what the family had expected. “One perspective depicted as the ‘truth’ as seen through their lens. Similar to Republicans and Democrats fighting it out lately,” he said. “Each side believes their perspective is correct. Hard to see through the lens of the other with all the noise and distrust.    “To be clear though, there were no contradictions by my clients Chris and Roberta Laundrie.  Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn them in peace.””The documentary contained many inaccuracies, incorrect juxtapositions of timelines, and misstatements and omissions of fact – perhaps deliberate to capture their ‘truth’, perhaps due to simple error.    “We all know Brian took Gabby’s life and Brian then took his own as well.  He added, “Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn them in peace.”Bertolino did not immediately clarify which aspects of the documentary were allegedly inaccurate.A day after the docuseries was released, Chris Laundrie was seen looking stoic outside his Florida home in new pictures obtained by The U.S. Sun.The U.S. Sun has reached out to Netflix and Stage 29 Productions for comment.In the documentary, police body cam footage shows Laundrie’s parents opening their front door to an officer who asks about their son’s trip with his fiance.When the officer tells them she is missing, they reply that they don’t know where she is and tell the cop he can’t speak to them or their son about the situation.Instead, they handed him the information of their lawyer, which left the officer stunned.Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, also shared texts showing that Laundrie’s parents never responded to messages begging for information about their missing daughter.They later sued the Laundries and their lawyer for intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress but ended up settling before the trial date.They said it came after “a long day of mediation.””All parties reluctantly agreed in order to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict,” Petito’s parents said in the statement.”Our hope is to close this chapter of our lives to allow us to move on and continue to honor the legacy of our beautiful daughter, Gabby.”Since the docuseries was released, Petito’s grieving parents have shared how they feel about the Laundries, including their daughter’s killer.”I have forgiven Brian, and I know that is what Gabby would have wanted, and I’m moving forward so I can move on,” Petito’s mom told NewsNation.”That is my personal experience. I don’t think everyone has to forgive. They can when they are ready if they are ever ready. But for me personally, I needed to forgive to let that anchor go.”An autopsy report by the Sarasota Medical Examiner stated his cause of death to be from a gunshot wound to the head – a result of a murder-suicide.But Petito’s mom admitted she doesn’t think their family will ever understand why Laundrie’s parents remained silent after being told she was “gone.””I don’t think we will ever know why,” she said. “The two people who will only know why and how are the two people who were there.”I think we have the answers we needed. We know that things were known. I don’t want to go too deep. I don’t like to about about them or say their names.”Petito’s dad also said his family did not receive any apology from the Laundries. “We are never going to get that,” he said, with Petito’s stepmother, Tara Petito, cutting in, “At this point, I don’t want one.”Gabby Petito, 22, was last seen on August 24, leaving a hotel in Utah. Here is a timeline of Gabby Petito’s disappearance:  She added, “It doesn’t help us. I would love for them to be charged with something. I really, really would love that. Do I think that is happening now? Unfortunately no. So I really want to erase that name out of my memory.”The documentary also features the letter found at the Laundrie’s home that Roberta wrote for her son, with the warning, “Burn after reading.”It read, “I just want you to remember I will always love you, and I know you will always love me. You are my boy. Nothing can make me stop loving you, nothing will or could ever divide us no matter what we do, or where we go or what we say — we will always love each other.”If you’re in jail, I will bake a cake with a file in it. If you need to dispose of a body, I will show up with a shovel and garbage bags. If you fly to the moon, I will be watching the skies for your re-entry. If you say you hate my guts, I’ll get new guts.”Roberta said in an affidavit that she wrote the letter to her son at a time when their relationship was “strained,”‘ claiming it was given to him before he left for his trip with Petito. “I was trying to connect with Brian and repair our relationship as he was planning to leave home — and I had hoped this letter would remind him how much I loved him,” she wrote. She said that Petito had given her son a book entitled “Burn After Writing” that they had joked about. “This is where my message to Brian came from and I wrote on the cover of the letter for Brian to ‘Burn After Reading,” she claimed. “While I used words that seem to have a connection with Brian’s actions and his taking of Gabby’s life, I never would have fathomed the events that unfolded months later between Brian and Gabby would reflect the words in my letter.”The Laundries have vehemently denied any wrongdoing and have never been charged with a crime.© NEWS ENTERPRISES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP

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