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The parents of Gabby Petito were awarded $3million in a wrongful death suit against the estate of her killer, Brian Laundrie.
Petito’s mother Nichole Schmidt, acting as the arbiter of her daughter’s estate, received a judgement by stipulation from Sarasota County Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll.
The judge ordered Laundrie’s estate to pay out $3million for her death. Before the settlement, Schmidt and Gabby’s father Joseph Petito were prepared to go to trial in December.
‘The Petito family lost their daughter, and they were also denied the opportunity to confront her killer,’ plaintiff’s attorney Patrick Reilly stated. ‘No amount of money is sufficient to compensate the Petito family for the loss.’