Gabby Petito's Family Seeks Laundrie Bank Account Withdrawals In Lawsuit: Report

SARASOTA, FL — Attorneys for the family of Gabby Petito have asked in court that Brian Laundrie's parents furnish banking withdrawal information from around the time of her slaying, Fox News reported.

"Please produce all copies of bank statements or other documents evidencing withdrawals or transfers of funds made by you in excess of $10,000 from Aug. 26, 2021, to Sept. 14, 2021," Patrick Reilly wrote in the April 6 filing in Sarasota County Court.

Reilly declined comment.

Christopher and Roberta Laundrie must answer the request within 30 days, according to the court's schedule.

In a statement to Patch, Laundrie family attorney, Steven Bertolino of West Islip, said, "the Petito's claims are based on unsupported allegations."

"They are now grasping for information to support their baseless claims," he said. "We will supply whatever documents the law or the court says they are entitled to."

Petito's family have previously accused the Laundries of having knowledge of her slaying.

In a recent court filing, the Petitos claimed that Roberta Laundrie offered her son a shovel to help bury Petito's body, according to published reports.

Petito was found strangled to death in a Wyoming park in September 2021. Laundrie's remains were found about a month later in a Florida swamp, after the FBI said he wrote a confession in a notebook, saying that he killed her because she was in so much pain from a fall into a ravine.

Petito's family sued Laundrie's estate and was later awarded $3 million. Bertolino previously told Patch the Laundries could invoke their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during their depositions in the second lawsuit for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

"Chris and Roberta will answer whatever questions they can and they will invoke all of the rights and privileges they are entitled to," Bertolino told Patch in a statement.

Witnesses deposed as part of discovery in lawsuits are compelled to answer questions put before them.

Bertolino said he does not believe the Laundries could be held in contempt of court because "constitutional rights do not stop at the door of a civil proceeding."

The Laundries recently asked a judge to consider limiting their depositions to the timeframe between Aug. 27, 2021, the day Petito is believed to have been killed, and Sept. 19, 2021, the day her body was found, WFLA has reported.

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