criminal charges just by virtue of this note which can be construed as a lot of different things? yeah, really interesting. and of course that line in the note that says, if you killed someone, i would bring a shovel and garbage bags. so of course the petitos are going to want this note. that s what this proceeding was about. this is about a civil case the they re bringing against the la laundries and the judge determined it is relevant and should be turned over. to your question, there is the potential that the laundries could face criminal charges, and it all depends on whether or not they could be an accessory after the fact. were they part of this crime in any way? so it would be a conspiracy type theory, in the planning, the commission or the cover-up, and many have opined they were
laundries should be found liable for inintentional infliction of emotional distress because the laundries refused to talk with them or give them any answers. the laundries argue they had no duty to respond to them. weeks after gabby was reported missing following a highly publicized nationwide search, the 22-year-old s remains were found in wyoming. a coroner ruled her cause of death to be strangulation, and the manner of death homicide. brian disappeared during the search for gabby. his body was discovered soon after hers. a notebook found near his remains revealed he claimed responsibility for gabby s death, according to the fbi. a medical examiner ruled he died by suicide. only permits discovery regarding matters that are relevant. reporter: laundrie s family attorney argued the letter should not be interpreted literally, pointing to other parts of the letter.
investigators found the undated letter in brian s backpack close to his remains when they were discovered on october 20th, 2021 at florida s carlton reserve. you are my boy. nothing can make me stop loving you. nothing will or could ever divide us. no matter what we do or where we go or what we say, we will always love each other. if you re in jail, he will bake a cake with a file in it. if you need to dispose of a body, i will show up with a shovel and garbage bags. the petitos say the letter is evidence the laundries already knew gabby was dead when brian returned home alone in the fall of 2021. the laundries say the letter was written well before gabby went missing. she wrote the letter because she and brian were experiencing a difficult period in their relationship, and he was about to leave home. he was to be go on this long trip with gabby. and she was hoping to repair their relationship before he left. reporter: the petitos say the
if you fly to the moon, i will be watching the skies for your reentry. if you say you hate my guts, i ll get new guts. in her affidavit, roberta laundrie referenced two children s books that she says the letter was based on. the petito family attorney rejected that premise. there is nothing about burying a body or bringing a shovel or putting something in a cake if somebody goes to prison, although mama bear did say she would bake little bear a cake on his birthday. reporter: and written on the front of the envelope, burn after reading. jean casarez is with me now. will the jury get to see that letter if it goes to here s where we are. yesterday the judge made a big ruling that the petito family and their attorney could actually have the letter, because the laundries did not want the letter to get into their hands at all. so now they have the letter as part of discovery. i am sure the laundries will bring in emotion so that the jury cannot see it.
it cannot become evidence in the trial. but the petitos know this is their circumstantial way to show that the laundries knew that their son had committed murder and they weren t giving the petitos any answers at all. the judge said i think it s relevant. so we ll see what the judge does. but in florida, if you want to prove intentional infliction of emotional distress, there is a number of elements, but the main one is it s outrageous and it s a legal standard. and you know how case law interprets that? if you show a situation and a citizen, average citizen says that s outrageous, that is beyond the norms of decency. jean casarez, appreciate it. thank you. coming up, more on the newest presidential candidate ron desantis. we ll look at what role his closest confidante, according to many, his wife may have in the race, next. are e there animals living underwater? is the ocean warm?