The household of Gabby Petito is taking the Moab City Police Department to court docket, submitting a wrongful demise go well with, claiming officers may’ve saved her life within the weeks main as much as her demise.
Legal docs, obtained by TMZ, say Moab PD failed to guard Gabby when police investigated the reported home violence incident roughly 2 weeks earlier than she was killed by Brian Laundrie.
8/12/21
Moab Police Department
You’ll recall, officers interviewed Gabby and Brian on the facet of the street with one officer acknowledging she was crying uncontrollably and had cuts on her face and arm.
Still, Brian advised officers Gabby had simply been below misery — and officers merely separated them for the day.
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The go well with claims police did not probe laborious sufficient on Brian’s facet of the story … and even claims the officers handled Brian as if he had been the sufferer, somewhat than the perpetrator, of home violence.
In the household’s eyes — all indicators pointed to Brian, and so they say the cops “egregiously misinterpreted” the scenario.
Her household additionally calls out the division for failing to coach its cops for conditions like this — characterizing this case as a “car for systemic change and a reckoning about how the police implement the State’s home abuse legal guidelines.” They are searching for $50 million in damages.
The metropolis of Moab tells TMZ … “We really feel profound sympathy for the Petito and Schmidt households and the painful loss they’ve endured. At the identical time, it’s clear that Moab City Police Department officers aren’t liable for Gabrielle Petito’s eventual homicide.”
The metropolis says it is going to defend itself in opposition to the go well with.
As we reported, Gabby’s household filed a discover of criticism in August, informing police they had been planning to sue.