Chris Laundrie, pictured Thursday assisting police in their search.Photo: Backgrid
The lawsuit raises issue with the camping trip the Laundrie family took immediately after Brian returned home from the road trip in September, “while Gabrielle Petito’s family was suffering” trying to locate her, per WFLA.
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“While Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt were desperately searching for information concerning their daughter, Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie were keeping the whereabouts of Brian Laundrie secret, and it is believed were making arrangements for him to leave the country,” the lawsuit alleges, according to WFLA.
“Christopher and Roberta Laundrie exhibited extreme and outrageous conduct which constitutes behavior, under the circumstances, which goes beyond all possible bounds of decency and is regarded as shocking, atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community,” the lawsuit reads, per the outlet.
Steven Bertolino, an attorney for the Laundrie family, shared a statement with PEOPLE Monday claiming that it was the family’s “right under the law” to stay quiet, and that he directed his clients to do so.
“Assuming everything the Petitos allege in their lawsuit is true, which we deny, this lawsuit does not change the fact that the Laundries had no obligation to speak to law enforcement or any third-party including the Petito family,” Bertolino wrote. “This fundamental legal principle renders the Petitos' claims baseless under the law.”
source: people.com
