Witness List Updated For Petito, Laundrie Trial In Florida

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — As the civil lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito’s parents against Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, the parents of Brian Laundrie, her fiance, heads to trial, Joe Petito and Nichole Schmidt filed an updated witness with the Sarasota County Circuit Court on Tuesday. (See the list of witnesses below.)

Brian Laundrie killed his fiancee while they were on a cross-country road trip visiting national parks in August 2021.

After strangling her to death, Laundrie left her body at a campsite in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, where it was found nearly a month later on Sept. 19, 2021.

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Laundrie returned in her van to his parents' house in Florida, where the couple had been living before embarking on their road trip. Multiple law enforcement agencies across the country undertook a massive investigation into her disappearance, while Laundrie refused to speak with them.

He later took his own life, shooting himself in the head in a Sarasota County park in September of that year.

His remains and a handwritten confession to killing Petito were found in October 2021. He left his confession in his notebook, claiming he strangled her out of mercy after she fell into a ravine and was injured.

Petito’s parents filed a civil lawsuit against Laundrie’s parents and the family attorney, Steven Bertolino, for intentional infliction of emotional distress. They claim the Laundries and their attorney knew that their daughter was dead and where her body was during a national search for her.

• Joseph Petito, Gabby’s father
• Nichole Schmidt, Gabby’s mother
• Tara Petito, Gabby’s stepmother
• James Schmidt, Gabby’s stepfather
• Christopher Laundrie, Brian’s father
• Roberta Laundrie, Brian’s mother
• Steven Bertolino, the Laundrie family attorney
• Sean Norton, Joseph Petito’s friend
• Steven Petito, Joseph Petito’s brother
• Rose Davis, Gabby’s friend
• Jackie Campagna, Nichole Schmidt’s friend
• Craig Campagna, Jackie Campagna’s husband and a Suffolk County, New York, police officer
• Flora Rocco, Nichole Schmidt’s friend and Gabby’s godmother
• Richard Stafford, Esq., Petito family’s former counsel
• Trina Laughlin, LCSW, Joseph Petito’s counselor
• Georgia Koutouzis, LCSW, Nichole Scmidt’s counselor
• Paul Best, Joseph Petito’s Fox News contact
• Mike Ruiz, Fox News digital reporter
• Brian Entin, senior national correspondent for NewsNation
• Any news reporter who interviewed, emailed, texted or tweeted with the Laundries or Bertolino about Gabby or the Laundries
• Any media reporter who published stories, covered or with information regarding the investigation of Gabby’s death and sources of publicly available information regarding the investigation
• Chris Harper, FBI agent
• Bryan Gee, FBI agent
• Loretta Bush, FBI agent in Sarasota
• Representatives of the FBI
• Record custodian of the FBI
• Detective Tracey Barry, Suffolk County Police Department
• Chief Todd Garrison, North Port Police Department
• Detective James Keller, North Port Police Department
• Representatives of the North Port Police Department
• Record custodian for the North Port Police Department
• Grand Teton Search and Rescue Team
• Law enforcement personnel and employees of any other law enforcement agency in Florida, New York or Wyoming involved in or with information regarding Gabby’s death
• Brent Blue, M.D., Teton County Coroner
• Record custodian for AT&T Wireless
• Devon Petersen, Esq., Fleener Petersen Law
• Tom Fleener, Esq., Fleener Peterson Law
• David J. Joffee, Esq., The Law Firm of Joffee Law
• Professor Roy D. Simon, legal ethics advisor to lawyers