Yet it would soon be alleged that Larry had kept the money without following through on the agreement.
Laita would air his frustrations over the situation in a chat with Larry’s cousin, which has been documented on Soft White Underbelly.
He said: “I don’t know what to do with them other than just walk away.”
Laita is now cautioning others against replicating his documentary work with the Whittakers.
He says the family is unlikely to deliver a warm reception to visitors, adding: “They are kind of protected by the neighbors and the relatives [who] don’t like these people coming to ridicule them.”
Meanwhile, pastor William Plumley tells the Daily Mail: “I think the documentary about them is good and bad, good because it has helped them. But also it’s brought a lot of people to the area who just want to mess with them.”