The Laundrie family is outraged over a clue featured on Sunday’s episode of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” involving their son, Brian. Last year, Brian committed suicide after murdering his girlfriend Gabby Petito.
The Laundrie family’s attorney stated that the family agrees with appalled social media users, who chastised the game show for its “tasteless” and “insensitive” clue. The lawyer went on to request an apology from the show.
“The entire Laundrie family is appalled and concurs with all of the comments on social media on how distasteful this was,” Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino said. “I believe an apology is due.”
The clue was, “In 2021, fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.’s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long & toothy critters.”
The answer: “What are alligators?”
Fans were critical of the show, arguing that the clue was insensitive given the tragic deaths of Petito and Laundrie.
On a road trip together, Laundrie killed Petito. Laundrie is 23 and Petito was 21.
Petito’s corpse was discovered in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming on September 19, 2021. Laundrie’s remains were found a month later on October 20, 2021, in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park located in Florida.
Laundrie confessed to the murder in a letter before taking his own life; however, Petito’s parents filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the Moab Police Department in Utah for its “sloppy” investigation into the visibly upset couple. Approximatley two weeks after being pulled over and described as the “primary aggressor” despite her protests and tears, Petito was killed.