Gabby Petito’s parents made strong allegations against Brian Laundrie’s parents Christopher and Roberta including that they’d withheld information that could’ve helped in the search for their son during the nationwide hunt for him in September 2021. Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt argued that the Laundries were trying to find a way to help their son escape the country, in a lawsuit against the Laundries, filed on Thursday March 10 in Florida.