Brian was 'VERY upset' when parents last saw him flee home, lawyer says
Laundrie attorney Steven Bertolino recalled how Brian was so distraught on September 13, and despite his father’s pleas to stay under their North Port, Florida roof - the 23-year-old ex-fiance left for the last time.
"I can tell you Brian was very upset when he left," the attorney explained in an interview with
NBC News.
"Chris conveyed to me several times he wished he wouldn't have let him go, but he couldn't stop him."
Ever since, the attorney suggested Chris and Roberta Laundrie have been agonizing since that fateful day.
"Brian is a grown man, a young man; 22-years-old," he added.
"He wanted to walk out the door.
“He's entitled to walk out that door.” (Brian is actually 23-years-old.)