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What if during depositions for the civil case they admit that Brian told them Gabby was dead and they took advice from their lawyer to not talk to her parents or LE so as to not incriminate themselves?
Depending on FLs law, it's possible they could be opening up themselves to criminal charges.
I know in an earlier post, someone mentioned obstruction of justice:
What Constitutes Obstruction of Justice?
Florida law outlines 29 different actions that can constitute this crime.
These are:
- Resisting an officer with violence
- Resisting an officer without violence
- Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key
- Depriving officer of means of protection or communication
- Obstruction by disguised person
- Refusing to assist prison officers in arresting escaped convicts
- Resisting timber agent
- Neglect or refusal to aid peace officers
- False personation
- Prohibited use of certain lights
- Unlawful use of badges or other indicia of authority
- Criminal actions under color of law or through simulated legal process
- Escape through voluntary action of officer
- Escape by negligence of officer
- Conveying tools into jail to aid escape
- Aiding escape
- Aiding escape of juvenile inmates
- Compounding felony
- Failure of defendant on bail to appear
- Installing or transporting radio equipment using assigned frequency of state or law enforcement officers
- Unauthorized transmissions to and interference with governmental and associated radio frequencies
- Unlawful use of police communications
- Publishing name and address of law enforcement officer
- Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer
- Criminal actions against police dogs, fire dogs, SAR dogs, or police horses
- Harassment of participant of neighborhood crime watch program
- Depriving crime victim of medical care
- Traveling across county lines with intent to commit a burglary
- Tampering with electronic monitoring device
Obstructing Justice in Florida | Tampa Criminal Defense Lawyers