GABBY Petito’s family has applauded new support for domestic violence victims after harrowing footage showed their daughter in tears before her disappearance.
The Gabby Petito Foundation reacted to a new Missouri law titled “The Victims Economic Safety and Security Act.”
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The law states that victims of domestic and sexual violence are allowed protected time off work.
This means if someone is facing violence at home and needs time off to seek medical care or find a safer living situation, they can do so without fear of losing their job.
Gabby’s family said of the new law: “Certainly a step in the right direction.”
This comes after bodycam footage revealed a distressed Gabby, 22, with her fiancé Brian Laundrie, 23, after the two were pulled over.
Gabby was reported missing in September 2021 after Brian returned home from a cross-country road trip in her van without her.
Her body was later found and Brian was a person of interest in the case before he took his own life.
BODYCAM FOOTAGE
Video was released in September 2021 of an August 12 traffic stop involving Gabby and Brian.
A hysterical Gabby told cops that Brian “grabbed” her face and left a “burning” gash on her cheek and red marks on her arm.
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Dr Ann Wolbert Burgess, a behavioral scientist, reviewed the footage showing Gabby being quizzed by male officers.
She told NewsNation: “Look how upset she is. She’s trembling, she’s half-sobbing, she’s moving her hands. She’s very, very emotional at this particular time.”
In the harrowing bodycam footage, the vlogger recalled a clash that she and Brian had outside the Moonflower Cafe.
She said that their morning had been “stressful” and explained to cops that she had been apologizing to Brian for “her OCD.”
Gabby shows cops red marks on her arm as they notice some bruises.
She said: “Well, he like grabbed me, like, with his nail, and I guess that’s why it hurts. I definitely have a cut. Like, I can feel it.”
The officers pointed out the soreness on Gabby’s arm and one cop said: “What happened here, here and there?”
The vlogger responded: “I’m not sure. It happened really fast.”
She then started to well up in tears as she said she was trying to get back into the car and retrieve her bag, sobbing “and the backpack got me.”
This comes as Gabby’s family wants Brian’s parents to testify in court – as the family’s “wish list” of witnesses in their lawsuit has been revealed in the ongoing legal battle between the families.
Meanwhile, Brian’s parents hit back at allegations that they covered up Petito’s murder. They have defended their silence during the search for her.
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