Several Parkland families take mass shooting survivor to court

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:03:17 Category: News & Politics

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STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS CBS NEWS MIAMI. >>> THE PARKLET SCHOOL SHOOTER MAY BE SERVING HIS RESIDENCE AT AND DISCLOSE LOCATION BUT HE IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT. HIS NAME AND MONEY AT THE CENTER OF A HEATED COURT CASE BETWEEN A SURVIVOR AND SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED AND HURT IN THE TRAGEDY. GOOD EVENING, I AM LAUREN PASTRANA. >> I AM JIM BERRY. , I'M HERE FOR ELLIOTT RODRIGUEZ. JOAN MURRAY WAS AT THE COURTHOUSE TODAY, INSULTS WERE FLYING TODAY. >> Reporter: TO TELL YOU HOW NASTY IT HAS BECOME, WHAT WE KEPT HEARING AT THE 15th FLOOR COURTROOM OF THE COURTHOUSE WERE AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY AND BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE SIDES, IT IS ANOTHER PAINFUL RETELLING OF THIS TRAGEDY. >> WHERE WERE YOU SHOT ? >> IN MY LEG AND THE BACK. >> Reporter: IT IS ONE OF THE CHILLING LASTING IMAGES OF THE PARKLET MASKED KILLER'S TRIAL. FORMER STUDENT ANTHONY SHOWING HIS SCARS FROM FIVE BULLETS TO THE BODY. >> BOTH OF YOU STOP. >> Reporter: SIX YEARS AFTER SURVIVING THE DEADLIEST HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY, ANTHONY IS BACK IN COURT OVER CONTROVERSIAL DEAL HIS LAWYER MADE WITH THE SHOOTER, WHO IS SERVING 17 CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS FOR EACH OF THE LIVES HE TOOK. >> EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUE CRUZ LIKE WE DID. NOW THEY ARE UPSET AT THE AGREEMENT WE CAME OUT WITH. >> Reporter: THAT AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN ELIN ETIENNE, HIS LAWYER, AND NIKOLAS CRUZ GIVES ELIN ETIENNE THE RIGHTS TO THE KILLER'S NAME AND LIKENESS AND 400,000 ANNUITY THE KILLER GOT FROM HIS DECEASED MOTHER'S ESTATE. >> HOW DARE THEY TAKE FOR THEMSELVES THE SINGULAR AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER AND WHEN TO PUBLISH WHAT ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY AS IF IT IS THEIRS AND THEIRS ALONE. >> Reporter: TOM HOYER, HIS 15-YEAR-OLD SON, LUKE, WAS KILLED IN THE MASSACRE AS PART OF THE GROUP THAT WANTS TO SPLIT THE $400,000 ANNUITY FOR CHARITY AND THE RIGHTS TO THE SHOOTER'S NAME AND LIKENESS . >> WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH FOUR PEOPLE KILLED IN A SHOOTING YESTERDAY, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN. THE FACT WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT EXPLOITING THIS TRAGEDY FOR MONEY IS SICKENING TO ME. >> Reporter: AT THE END OF THE HOUR-LONG HEARING, EACH SIDE SEEMED FURTHER APART THAN WHEN THEY STARTED. >> THEY THREW US OUT OF THE GROUP, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? TAKE WHAT WE SETTLE FOR AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT KICKED THEM OUT OF THE GROUP? THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. >> Reporter: ELIN ETIENNE DRIVING AROUND IN A NEW MERCEDES-BENZ, HAS A NEW HARLEY DAVIDSON IN THE GARAGE. IS HE NOT ENTITLED TO THAT? NO. SPEND THE MONEY HOW YOU WANT. IT IS HIS SON'S MONEY. >> Reporter: TRY TO REACH A RESOLUTION, NO MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED SO THEREFORE, THIS CASE

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