Nick Gordon ordered to pay $36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate in wrongful death case
Bobbi Kristina Brown and her husband Nick Gordon at a premiere party for their reality show “The Houstons: On Our Own” on Oct. 22, 2012.The couple were married in Jan. 2014.
Bobbi Kristina’s husband, Nick Gordon was found legally responsible for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death in September.
Gordon has been ordered to pay $36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate in wrongful death case
Bobby Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found in a bathtub Jan. 31, 2015, unresponsive.
She died 6 months later in a hospice, never coming out of a coma
Brown’s wrongful death suit alleged Gordon caused his daughter’s brain damage by knocking her out with a drug cocktail and leaving her in a tub filled with cold water
Singer/Actor Bobby Brown with his daughter Bobby Kristina
Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina at the Clive Davis and the Recording Academy’s 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala
Brown’s estate had been seeking $40 million from Gordon — Brown’s former boyfriend — in its wrongful death lawsuit against him, which was filed in October 2015.
Brown’s father, singer Bobby Brown, contended his daughter had a major career ahead of her in the entertainment industry before her untimely passing.
Bobby Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found in a bathtub Jan. 31, 2015 face-down and unresponsive. She died 6 months later in a hospice. She never came out of the ensuing coma.
“She was an entertainer,” he said at the hearing. “If you were around her, all you could do was laugh.”
“She was always the life of the party.”
Brown was moved to tears later on in the hearing
In a statement after the ruling, he called for action from the district attorney in criminal charges.
19-year-old Bobby Kristina arrives New Jersey for a private viewing of her mother, Whitney Houston’s body in May, 2012
“I do know that Mr. Gordon will be unable to slander my daughter’s name in the future or obtain any benefits from the use of Krissy’s name,” he said.
“Finally, I do need for the District Attorney’s Office to step up and begin the criminal prosecution of Mr. Gordon. The delay in that matter is of great concern to me and my family. We need for District Attorney Howard to act now.”
Gordon was deemed legally responsible for Brown’s death in September after he failed to show up at a court hearing in Fulton County, Ga.
Whitney Houston, husband, Bobby Brown and their daughter Bobby Kristina. Whitney famously had Bobby Kristina with her at all times
Brown — the only child of legendary vocalist Whitney Houston — was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub filled with cold water in her Georgia home in January 2015.
After six months in a coma, she died in hospice care at the age of 22. An autopsy report later concluded her death was the result of mixed drug intoxication coupled with drowning.
Brown’s conservator blamed Gordon — who was dating the entertainer at the time she was discovered in the bathtub — for her death, accusing him of drugging her and leaving her for dead in the water.
Gordon has maintained his innocence, and a criminal investigation remains ongoing.
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