The parents of Gabby Petito have filed an amended complaint against the Moab Police Department and the officers who stopped and questioned her and Brian Laundrie following a domestic violence episode in Moab, but failed to take anyone into custody.
MOAB — The parents of Gabby Petito have filed an amended complaint against the Moab Police Department and the officers who stopped and questioned her and Brian Laundrie following a domestic violence episode near Arches National Park, but failed to take anyone into custody.
On Aug. 12, 2021, while traveling across the country, police were called to investigate Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, after emergency dispatchers received a report of a couple possibly involved in a domestic situation. The traffic stop by Moab police and subsequentas it showed a crying Petito. But police concluded that Petito was the aggressor in the situation and rather than arresting anyone, officers arranged for them to be separated that night.
"The amendments include multiple damning admissions made by officer Eric Pratt, demonstrating that, 1) he knew Brian was an emotional and mental threat to Gabby, 2) that Brian demonstrated many dangerous red flags, and 3) that he knowingly and willfully chose to not follow the law to protect Gabby.
"'He was just a weird, not healthy dude, and that was clear," Pratt allegedly said, according to the lawsuit. "I thought he was an emotional threat to her. I thought he was a mental threat to her." It also claims Pratt "colorfully admitted, 'I know these kind of guys. Brian didn't get away with anything from being cute. Brian showed more red flags than a Chinese Communist rally.
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