The parents of Gabby Petito cast shadow on the family of Brian Laundrie in one New docuseries This reveals additional details about the timing of the murder of their daughter in the hands of her fiancé in the wilderness of Wyoming, especially the accusation that they have eliminated $ 25,000 to a prominent lawyer as they confess their ignorance of crime.
“You are going to throw $ 25,000 of your hard-earned money from a lawyer from F — ING Wyoming, and you tell me that you didn’t ask where she was?” Joseph Petito says in “American Murder: Gabby Petito from Netflix.
The payment came three days after Laundrie called his parents and less than a week after Petito was last seen alive.
“That’s what bulls —,” he added, “I’ll tell you that now.”
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Joe Petito and Tara Petito in “American Murder: Gabby Petito” (Netflix)
Her stepfather, Jim Schmidt, repeated his worries.
“I don’t think the amount they have paid their lawyer would be for a little less than someone representing for murder,” he told the documentaries.
The lawyer in question is Tom Fleener, a veteran of the army and former Jag lawyer whose clients include the Guantánamo Bay detained Ali Al Bahlul, a former Bodyguard The 9/11 Terrorist Usama bin Laden, who killed Navy Seal’s in 2011.
Fleener has previously refused to discuss the laundry with Fox News Digital. He did not immediately respond to a request for comments for this story.
Jim Schmidt and Nichole Schmidt in “American Murder: Gabby Petito” (Netflix)
The Laundrie Family Attorney, Steve Bertolino, collected $ 25,000 from his customers and used it to retain Fleener’s law firm. He said that he did not collect any payment of the laundry series for his own legal role in the Saga, who ended up in the middle of a court case of Petito’s parents.
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- 8/27: Gabby Petito for the last time alive in Jackson, Wyoming
- 29/29: Brian Laundrie says that his parents Petito “disappeared” is in “hectic” telephone conversation
- 8/30: Laundrie sends fake texts from Petito’s phone to herself and her mother
- 9/1: Laundrie arrives in the Florida house of his parents, who controls Petito’s van
- 9/2: Bertolino takes a reimbursement agreement with Wyoming Law Firm on behalf of Laundrie
- 9/6-7: Laundrie Family goes camping in Fort Desoto Park
- 9/11: Petito reported missing
- 9/13: Laundrie avoids FBI supervision, leaves his parents’ house and takes his own life
- 9/19: The remains of Petito are discovered near their campsite outside Jackson
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While their social media told one story, there was a dark side on the cross -country trip of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, depicted here in “American Murder: Gabby Petito.” (Netflix)
Bertolino arranged a local lawyer after Brian Laundrie had a panic phone call with his father from Wyoming and repeatedly said “Gabby’s Gone”, “said judicial documents.
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Christopher Laundrie at the time denied knowledge of the death of Petito and he said through his lawyer that his son hung up before he shared further details.
‘Brian hung on Chris. I said: ‘When Brian calls you back, give him my number and you tell him he should call me. You don’t talk to him, “Bertolino Fox News Digital told when deposits in the civil court case became public.
Chris and Roberta Laundrie are shown in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park on the morning when the police found the skeletal remains of their son. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
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Both Christopher and Roberta Laundrie admitted that they were worried For the well -being of Petito After the call but denied knowledge of the murder. Brian Laundrie called on his right to remain silent, but eventually left a suicide note and confession.
Brian’s sister, Cassie Laundrie, was also expected to testify in the case, but her interview was canceled before the parties reached a settlement.
Pat Reilly, a lawyer for Petito’s parents, said he had demolished it “because she had no information regarding the issues of the court case.”
Gabby Petito, 22, disappeared in August 2021 and was later found dead in the vicinity of a campsite that she shared with fiancé Brian Laundrie. (Steve Petito)
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Cassie Laundrie has denied the knowledge of her parents’ conversations with her brother and recently claimed that a police -detective, whose voice can be heard of Bodycam video, can be wrong.
Since the case made national headlines in 2021, the parents of Petito have become proponents of missing persons and victims of domestic violence.
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If you or someone you know suffer from domestic violence, contact the National Hotline for domestic violence on 1-800-799-7233 (Safe).
