'Cold-hearted': Gabby Petito's parents sue Laundrie's family lawyer for knowing their daughter was dead

'Cold-hearted': Gabby Petito's parents sue Laundrie's family lawyer for knowing their daughter was dead
Gabby Petito's parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt sue Laudrie's lawyer Steven Bertolino (@petitojoseph/Instagram/ NewsNation YouTube screengrab)

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BLUE POINT, NEW YORK: The grieving parents of late Gabby Petito are suing the lawyer Steven Bertolino who represented the family of Brian Laundrie claiming he knew that their daughter was dead when he made a public statement about the search, calling him "insensitive, cold-hearted and outrageous." Bertolino said on September 14, 2021, that the Laundrie family hoped "that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is reunited with her family."

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Travel Blogger Gabby Petito was killed by her fiance Brian Laundrie on a road trip in Wyoming last summer. She was reportedly strangled to death and her remains were found on September 19. The van-life blogger's parents Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt earlier sued their daughter's killer fiance and his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, over her death. Shortly, after Gabby's body was discovered, Brian Laundrie was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port, Florida.