BRIAN Laundrie’s family lawyer has hit out at the new Gabby Petito docuseries, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.

The Netflix documentary American Murder: Gabby Petito was released this week and reveals fresh details about the vlogger’s final days.

The three-part documentary series features previously unseen texts, diary entries, and footage from family and friends.

Petito, 22, was strangled to death by Laundrie during a cross-country trip in August 2021.

He drove their white van back to his family home in Florida after leaving her body at a campsite and later took his own life, admitting to the murder in a suicide note.

The docuseries features damning scenes involving his parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, who never responded to desperate texts from Petito’s family about her whereabouts.

In an exclusive statement, the Laundries’ attorney, Steven Bertolino, told The U.S. Sun that the documentary was what the family had expected.

“One perspective depicted as the ‘truth’ as seen through their lens. Similar to Republicans and Democrats fighting it out lately,” he said.

“Each side believes their perspective is correct. Hard to see through the lens of the other with all the noise and distrust.    

“To be clear though, there were no contradictions by my clients Chris and Roberta Laundrie. 

Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn them in peace.”

Steven BertolinoAttorney for Brian Laundrie’s parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie

“The documentary contained many inaccuracies, incorrect juxtapositions of timelines, and misstatements and omissions of fact – perhaps deliberate to capture their ‘truth’, perhaps due to simple error.    

“We all know Brian took Gabby’s life and Brian then took his own as well. 

He added, “Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn them in peace.”

Bertolino did not immediately clarify which aspects of the documentary were allegedly inaccurate.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Netflix and Stage 29 Productions for comment.

In the documentary, police body cam footage shows Laundrie’s parents opening their front door to an officer who asks about their son’s trip with his fiance.

When the officer tells them she is missing, they reply that they don’t know where she is and tell the cop he can’t speak to them or their son about the situation.

Instead, they handed him the information of their lawyer, which left the officer stunned.

Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, also shared texts showing that Laundrie’s parents never responded to messages begging for information about their missing daughter.

They later sued the Laundries and their lawyer for intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress but ended up settling before the trial date.

They said it came after “a long day of mediation.”

“All parties reluctantly agreed in order to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict,” Petito’s parents said in the statement.

“Our hope is to close this chapter of our lives to allow us to move on and continue to honor the legacy of our beautiful daughter, Gabby.”

‘NO APOLOGY’

Since the docuseries was released, Petito’s grieving parents have shared how they feel about the Laundries, including their daughter’s killer.

“I have forgiven Brian, and I know that is what Gabby would have wanted, and I’m moving forward so I can move on,” Petito’s mom told NewsNation.

“That is my personal experience. I don’t think everyone has to forgive. They can when they are ready if they are ever ready. But for me personally, I needed to forgive to let that anchor go.”

An autopsy report by the Sarasota Medical Examiner stated his cause of death to be from a gunshot wound to the head – a result of a murder-suicide.

But Petito’s mom admitted she doesn’t think their family will ever understand why Laundrie’s parents remained silent after being told she was “gone.”

“I don’t think we will ever know why,” she said.

“The two people who will only know why and how are the two people who were there.

“I think we have the answers we needed. We know that things were known. I don’t want to go too deep. I don’t like to about about them or say their names.”

Petito’s dad also said his family did not receive any apology from the Laundries.

“We are never going to get that,” he said, with Petito’s stepmother, Tara Petito, cutting in, “At this point, I don’t want one.”

Gabby Petito timeline

Gabby Petito, 22, was last seen on August 24, leaving a hotel in Utah. Here is a timeline of Gabby Petito’s disappearance:

• June 2021 – Gabby Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie set off on a cross-country trip across the US.
• July 4 – Gabby posts photos of herself barefoot in Gove County, Kansas.
• July 8 – Gabby posts photos of herself at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.
• July 18 – Gabby and Brian post photos of themselves at Utah’s Zion National Park.
• August 12 – Body camera footage was released in September showing an encounter Brian and Gabby had with police in Utah. Police confirmed that no significant injuries were reported.
• August 19 – Gabby and Brian post a video on their YouTube channel chronicling their trip.
• August 24 – Gabby is spotted leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• August 25 – Gabby Facetimes her mom, Nichole Schmidt, for the final time. In a later police report, Schmidt said her conversations with her daughter revealed “more and more tension” between her and Brian.
• August 25 – Gabby also posts her last Instagram. No location is given.
• August 27 – Gabby is seen for what’s believed to be the final time. Witnesses claim they saw Brian in an explosive argument with staff at a restaurant in Jackson Hole, leaving Gabby in tears.
• August 27 – Four hours later, travel bloggers driving through Grand Teton National Park drive past the couple’s van “abandoned” on a dirt road.
• September 1 – Brian returns home to Florida without Gabby.
• September 11 – Gabby’s parents report her missing to Suffolk County police.
• September 14 – Brian’s family issues a statement saying he has retained an attorney and will not be cooperating with investigators.
• September 14 – Brian is allegedly last seen by his family. He reportedly told them he was going hiking in Cartlon Reserve but failed to return.
• September 15 – Florida’s North Port police announce Brian is a person of interest in the case. He is not charged with any crime.
• September 16 – Utah police release body camera footage of the police encounter with Brian and Gabby.
• September 17 – Brian’s parents say they have not seen their son in a couple of days and report him missing.
• September 18 – Police announce they were searching Carlton Reserve in Florida for Brian. Police announce they have not found anything.
• September 19 – Authorities in Wyoming say they found a body in Grand Teton National Park. The FBI announces the body was believed to be Gabby’s but a full forensic identification needs to be completed first to confirm.
• September 20 – Police execute a search warrant on Laundrie’s home, seizing his silver Mustang and a hard drive that may contain “evidence relevant to proving that a felony has been committed.”
• September 21 – Officials announce they will be conducting an autopsy on the remains found in Wyoming to confirm whether or not they belong to Gabby. Police also resumed their search for Laundrie, this time on the Venice side of Carlton Reserve.
• September 21 – The FBI announced the body found in Wyoming was identified as Gabby’s. The cause of death was not yet revealed.
• September 21 – The Teton County Coroner’s office said Gabby’s official cause of death was still pending but the initial manner of death is homicide.
• September 22 – Police continue to scour Carlton Reserve for a trace of Laundrie but yield no leads. A specialist dive team is called in to assist with the hunt.
• September 23 – Officials announced a federal arrest warrant for Brian was issued.
• September 26 – Gabby’s funeral was held on Long Island, New York.
• October 12: Gabby’s autopsy results were made public. Teton County Coroner Dr Brent Blue confirmed Gabby died by strangulation.
• October 20: Laundrie’s personal items were found at the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. A medical examiner was called to the scene.
• October 21: The FBI confirmed the remains found have been identified as Laundrie’s.
• November 23: Laundrie’s autopsy reveals he died from a gunshot wound to the head.
• October 1, 2022: The Gabby Petito Story premieres on Lifetime.

 

She added, “It doesn’t help us. I would love for them to be charged with something. I really, really would love that. Do I think that is happening now? Unfortunately no. So I really want to erase that name out of my memory.”

The documentary also features the letter found at the Laundrie’s home that Roberta wrote for her son, with the warning, “Burn after reading.”

It read, “I just want you to remember I will always love you, and I know you will always love me. You are my boy. Nothing can make me stop loving you, nothing will or could ever divide us no matter what we do, or where we go or what we say — we will always love each other.

“If you’re in jail, I will bake a cake with a file in it. If you need to dispose of a body, I will show up with a shovel and garbage bags. If you fly to the moon, I will be watching the skies for your re-entry. If you say you hate my guts, I’ll get new guts.”

Roberta said in an affidavit that she wrote the letter to her son at a time when their relationship was “strained,”‘ claiming it was given to him before he left for his trip with Petito.

“I was trying to connect with Brian and repair our relationship as he was planning to leave home — and I had hoped this letter would remind him how much I loved him,” she wrote.

She said that Petito had given her son a book entitled “Burn After Writing” that they had joked about. 

“This is where my message to Brian came from and I wrote on the cover of the letter for Brian to ‘Burn After Reading,” she claimed.

“While I used words that seem to have a connection with Brian’s actions and his taking of Gabby’s life, I never would have fathomed the events that unfolded months later between Brian and Gabby would reflect the words in my letter.”

The Laundries have vehemently denied any wrongdoing and have never been charged with a crime.