A circuit court judge in Florida denied a request by Brian Laundrie‘s parents to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito‘s parents alleging the other couple knew their son had killed his 22-year-old fiancee before the Long Island woman was reported missing. Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll said in releasing his ruling Thursday that the Petito…
on Sept. 11. Brian Laundrie disappeared two days later and wasn't seen alive -- at least according to any accounts that have been made public -- again.
Petito's family claims it was the Laundries' silence that destroyed them. For their part, the Laundries have said they weren't responsive to Petito's family, even in the wake of desperate texts and other pleas for help finding her, because their right to silence was protected by the First, Fifth and Sixth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
"When juxtaposed with the other conduct in the case, though, the outrageous threshold is passed," he wrote in his decision.
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