Gabby Petito's parents have sued Brian Laundrie's parents for $100,000. The accused however, are asking the court to dismiss the case. Can the Laundries escape their supposed liabilities over the murder case that consumed America for a while?

Steven Bertolino, the attorney for Roberta and Christopher Laundrie, submitted the dismissal request on Wednesday in Sarasota, Florida.

Bertolino also pointed out that his clients are exercising their Fifth Amendment rights.

The Laundries have invoked their right under the Constitution to remain silent and have entrusted their case to legal counsel. This is not only common practice in our civilized community but it embodies the exercise of fundamental rights under the United States and Florida Constitutions," he told CNN.

He did not attempt to discuss the case to the media.

A required meeting between the families was established for June 30 at 1:30 PM by Judge Hunter W. Carroll earlier this month.

Both Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt are convinced that "on or about" August 28th, Brian confessed to killing Gabby to his parents.

They believe that on the very same date, they spoke with Attorney Steve Bertolino.

The lawsuit also alleged that on September 2, 2021, a retainer was given.

It is also said that Brian's family went to considerable measures in protecting their son, even supposedly helping him arrange an escape route out of the country.

According to court filings, as Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt were scrambling to find out what had happened to their daughter, Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie were preparing to have Brian Laundrie depart the country.

The complaint also alleges that Roberta blocked Nicole on Facebook throughout their desperate search for Gabby, cutting off any communication between the two of them. The other thing that Nicole is adamant about is that Roberta made it impossible for her to call her.

As everyone know, Brian and Gabby were engaged. They also shared a YouTube account where they document their lives as digital nomads.

She vanished during a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend. On September 1, Brian drove Gabby's vehicle back to the Laundrie residence without her. On September 11th, Gabby's family learned of her disappearance and it was only then that they were able to file a missing person's report.

Gabby's corpse was found later that month in Wyoming's Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area. Autopsy results showed she had been strangled to death and sustained "blunt-force injuries to the head and neck."