Gabby Petito's Family Win MAJOR First Legal Battle As Judge Calls Laundrie Statement 'Objectively Outrageous'
01.07.2022 - 01:39
/ perezhilton.com
Seems like Gabby Petito‘s family has a better case than some experts predicted!
Last week marked the first day in court in the grieving parents’ lawsuit against Brian Laundrie‘s parents. The Petitos are claiming that Chris and Roberta Laundrie knew their son had killed his fiancée — and the act of covering it up caused the YouTuber‘s family undue stress as they searched in vain for their missing daughter.
Some legal experts felt after that first hearing that the judge was as skeptical as they were about the merits of the case. The question at hand was not whether Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt could prove the Laundries knew — that was for the trial. This initial hearing was for the judge to determine whether the case could move forward. In other words, does it even make sense that what the Laundries did or didn’t do could cause the family “emotional distress”? The Petitos’ attorney Patrick Reilly argued it did — by knowingly giving them false hope only to set them up for the worst news they could get.
Related: Gabby’s Mom SLAMS ‘Mercy Killing’ Claims In Shocking Murder Confession
Well, we got our answer in a ruling from Judge Hunter W. Carroll, who denied the Laundries’ attempts to dismiss the case before it even went to trial. Remember how he brought up the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard case? That wasn’t just to be provocative — it turns out that was extremely relevant to his ruling.
See, the one defamation claim Amber won was something Johnny’s former lawyer said — in which he described her and her friends staging a crime scene and lying to police. Even though the guy wasn’t even in Johnny’s employ anymore, the Pirates star was the one who had to pay for his lawyer’s words. That’s the issue here with the Laundries, who
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