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ICYMI: The Petito's Settle Their Lawsuit Against The Laundries

Gabby Petito's family was awarded three million dollars after the families of Laundrie and Gabby decided to settle their case. The award is mostly symbolic however, considering Brian Laundrie's estate has no money. The lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents continues.

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Duration:: 11m
Broadcast on:: 26 Jun 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

What's up everyone and welcome back to the program. In this episode we have two articles that we're going to get to. The first one has to do with Gabby Petito and her parents reaching a settlement with Brian Laundrie's parents to avoid a longer personal conflict. And the other article we have is a check-in on Corey Richins and what's going on with Ms. Moscow Mule herself. So let's just dive right into these articles on this fine Sunday morning and get things kicked off. The first article we have is from Law and Crime and the headline, Gabby Petito's parents reach a settlement with Brian Laundrie's parents to avoid prolonged personal conflict. This article was authored by Alberto Luperon and honestly I understand why the Petitos would want to settle. How much longer do you want to draw this out? And it's not like Gabby's coming back or anyone's going to go to jail for this. Brian's already dead and his parents, well they don't have much to give so I think that the Laundries for their own peace of mind did the right thing here. And moving forward they can now get on with trying to deal with the new normal that is their life without Gabby in it. And I think that all starts obviously with a little bit of a sense of closure. The family of the murdered Gabby Petito 22 announced on Thursday that they reached a settlement with the parents of her killer Brian Laundrie, the terms are confidential. Gabby's parents Joseph Petito and Nicole Schmidt had been split at the time of her murder but worked together after their loss. And look, when you lose a daughter, all that other stuff is nonsense right? It's over money or whatever the hell caused you to break up, that all goes by the wayside. And it's time to circle the wagons and do the right thing for Gabby and for Gabby's memory. And that's exactly what the Petitos did. They ended up suing Laundrie's parents Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie and that couples attorney Stephen Bertolino. The plaintiff family said that during the search for the missing Gabby, the Laundries and the lawyer knew that Brian had killed her and that they knew the whereabouts of her body. And that was the big argument early on, right? Did the Laundries know or did they not know that Brian had killed Gabby? And it's rather obvious at this point that they knew, but what are you going to do about it? If there's no legal liability, then all you can try and do is attempt to get a judgment in a civil manner. And that's the spot that the Petitos find themselves in. But sometimes the juice isn't worth the squeeze, right? To relive all of this, have to go to court, hear about it again. You know, it's all bad. So my guess is the Petito family, they said, you know what, enough is enough. We've exposed enough of what the Laundries were up to. The whole world knows that there are scumbags, but besides that, there's no other repercussions for the Laundrie family to face. For example, they said Bertolino knew this when releasing a statement on behalf of the Laundrie family, expressing hope that Gabby Petito would be reunited with her family. And there was no way that was ever going to happen. When they put that statement out, they knew the deal. They knew that Brian had did something to Gabby and that Gabby wasn't coming home. And they still put out that dumb ass statement. The third amended complaint maintains previous allegations that the Laundries knew that their son had killed Gabby Petito while the killer and victim were on a cross-country trip. The Laundries were accused of withholding that information and Gabby's whereabouts, even going on vacation. Imagine, let's set up a camping trip while our future daughter-in-law is missing. The Laundries denied knowing of the murder or of Petito's whereabouts before her body was found in Wyoming's Bridger Teton National Forest. A civil trial was set for May 13th in Sarasota County, Florida, but the newly announced settlement puts that to a stop. So we're not going to get a trial here obviously now because of the settlement. But I think enough was revealed for the world at large to have a pretty solid opinion on what the Laundries knew or didn't know. Joseph Petito, Nicole Schmidt, and their respective spouses, Tara Petito and James Schmidt released a statement on Thursday to long crime announcing the development. After a long day of mediation, a confidential resolution has been reached between the parents of Gabby Petito, the parents of Brian Laundry, and attorney Stephen Bertolino, to which all parties reluctantly agreed in order to avoid further legal expenses and prolonged personal conflict. Our hope is to close this chapter of our lives to allow us to move on and to continue to honor the legacy of our beautiful daughter Gabby. Well folks, that looks like the end of the Gabby Petito story for the most part. And we started covering this story literally the day that Gabby went missing. And like usual, I like to see something through to the completion. So we continue to cover stories here on this podcast for years. Now we might not cover them, you know, full tilt because there's no information out there to get to. So we'll move on to something else in the meantime. But one thing I like to do is have resolution with the stories that we talk about. So we don't just talk about a story here and then push it to the wayside. We keep it moving and we keep following along until there's some sort of completion. And that looks like the point that we're at here with the Gabby Petito story. Now of course, if there is anything else that ever pops up, we'll be talking about that as well. But it seems to me that this is the final chapter in this sad and horrible book. All right, moving on to the next article. The next article was published by CBS news and the headline. Corey Richins hopes of flipping the Utah mansion flop after she is charged in the death of her husband, Eric. And I guess there's a 48 hours special that's going to be released about Corey Richins. And that'll give some people a little bit more information about what she was up to and what she's charged with. And imagine being this woman, if she is who the government told us she is out here with a self help book after you poison your husband to death and why would she do something like that? Well, the age old reason money. You want to talk about motive for murder? Money is certainly one of the top motives for murder out there. And time and time again, you see it. People murdering somebody for their insurance policy, murdering somebody because they won the lottery murdering somebody for drugs. But at the heart of it all is always money and greed. This article was authored by Betsy Schuller. In the early morning hours of March 4th, 2022, Corey Richins says she found her husband, Eric, unresponsive in their bed. She said his death was an accident. But a year later, she was arrested and charged with murder. The circumstances surrounding Eric's death are investigated in the people versus Corey Richins and all new 48 hours reported by contributor Natalie Morales and airing Saturday, February 24th, 2024, on CBS and streaming on Paramount. So I guess it was on last night. I haven't watched it yet, but I have it on the queue and I'll check it out tomorrow while I'm doing some editing after I hit the studio. Corey's family says she lost more than just a father of her three young sons and husband of nine years. She also lost a huge business deal worth millions. That's really what you're focused on, losing your business deal, your husband drops dead, you allegedly find him and have no idea how he died. But yeah, let's worry about our business deal. Corey owned a real estate business specializing in buying and flipping houses for a profit. Her mother, Lisa Darden, says it was a constant rotation of new projects and at any one time, Corey could be working on three different properties. Darden had watched Corey build the business from the ground up and says Corey was proud of her success. Greg Hall was her friend and marketing director. He says the reason for Corey's success was that she adds something that a lot of people don't. A lot of times you find an individual that is intelligent, but no common sense or common sense and no intelligence. She had both. She was a brilliant young lady, said hall. Oh yeah, real brilliant. An absolute mensie candidate over here. An absolute mensie candidate. Our very own Ari Spirose. Before Eric died, Darden says Corey was working on the biggest house flipping deal of her career. The project was a 10 acre estate in Heber City, Utah, not far from the famed Park City ski resort. It was prime real estate. I think this was kind of her dream when she got into this idea of flipping houses was to be able to do properties like this. Corey's attorney, Sky Lazaro, told Morales as they toured the property. Why are we talking about this? And we'd be talking about the fact that she put fentanyl in this dude's drink. I think that's what they should be trying to uncover here, not about her work schedule or her work life. The 20,000 square foot mansion and its 4,000 square foot guest house were originally built in 2017, but never finished. Corey discovered the abandoned project in 2019 and made an offer on it along with a group of investors for 3.9 million. According to Lazaro, Corey's plan with the property was to turn it into a recreational hotspot. Given this is probably one of the most beautiful places in the world and hopefully sell it at a profit. And Corey's mother says that potential was jaw dropping. Her and Eric sat down with an accountant one time and he said, "If you can get it done and stay under budget, you could walk away with 12 million," said Darden. "And the mom is weird here too, I hate to say it." She's out here talking about money from the jump. "Meanwhile, you have the prosecutor is saying, that's what motivated all of this, and then you have the mom out here, crowing about money at every turn? Not a good look." Darden says Corey and Eric were excited about the opportunity and were celebrating finalizing the closing of the mansion the night that Eric died. Eric saying, "Let's have a shot. Come on, let's celebrate Corey," she said. And before the couple went to bed, it was hours later that Corey had found Eric unresponsive in their bed the next day Corey closed on the property, according to court papers. Just so happens that he dies, and then the next day she closes on a property where she might have a gigantic windfall. Okay, I mean, I guess it's possible, but have fun explaining that to the jury. But the spokesman for Eric's family, Greg Skordis, says Eric did not want Corey to buy the mansion. "I don't think he was ever in favor of that," Skordis said just days after Eric died. His family told an investigator Eric and his wife were arguing about buying the house. Eric's family believes Corey was determined to go forward with the project, despite Eric's opposition. When Corey Richards was arrested and charged in her husband's death, her hopes for the project and the potential $12 million pay day came to an end. The mansion was put back on the market and recently sold for $3.75 million. Well this story with Corey Richards obviously is a long way from being over. And we're going to continue to follow along here, and when we have more information about what's going down up here in Utah, we'll make sure to get it added to the catalog. Alright folks, that's going to do it for this one. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.