Gabby Petito’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. It is against the Utah cops who “bungled” her traffic stop. The lawsuit even alleges that “one of the officers threatened to kill his mistress with a crowbar.”
The bombshell complaint, obtained by The U.S. Sun, slams Moab PD’s “sloppy investigation” which allegedly left Gabby Petito vulnerable before she was killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie.
In previously released body-cam footage, one of the officers concluded Gabby was the “primary aggressor,” with another directly telling Brian, 23, he was a “victim of domestic assault.”
The lawsuit accuses Moab City PD of a series of negligent failures during the encounter, roughly two weeks before Brian brutally murdered Gabby in August 2021.
It also includes a series of shocking claims about Eric Pratt, the senior law enforcement officer on the scene during the traffic stop, including death threats he allegedly made to a former mistress.
Between 2008 and 2017, Pratt served as an officer and then as police chief in Salina, Utah – 158 miles west of Moab.
“During his time as police chief in Salina, Pratt carried on several extra-marital affairs in the small town,” Gabby’s legal team claims in the suit.
One of Pratt’s alleged mistresses is listed as ‘Witness 1’ in the 35-page complaint and provides startling testimony.
The Moab Police Department released the following statement regarding the allegations that they are responsible for Gabby’s death.
A statement read: “The death of Gabrielle Petito in Wyoming is a terrible tragedy, and we feel profound sympathy for the Petito and Schmidt families and the painful loss they have endured.
“At the same time, it is clear that Moab City Police Department officers are not responsible for Gabrielle Petito’s eventual murder.
“Ms. Petito is believed to have died in Wyoming in late August 2021, more than two weeks after she and Brian Laundrie visited Moab and interacted with Moab City Police.
“At that time, our officers acted with kindness, respect, and empathy toward Ms. Petito.
“The attorneys for the Petito family seem to suggest that somehow our officers could see into the future based on this single interaction.
“In truth, on Aug. 12, no one could have predicted the tragedy that would occur weeks later and hundreds of miles away, and the City of Moab will ardently defend against this lawsuit.”
If the police officers did not have training on how to recognize domestic violence, are they to blame or the police department itself? Hopefully, they receive training that can help them with future situations such as Gabby’s.
Source The Sun
