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Nick Gordon ordered to pay $36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate in wrongful death case

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6>Bobbi Kristina Brown and her husband Nick Gordon at a premiere party for their reality show &&num;8220&semi;The Houstons&colon; On Our Own&&num;8221&semi; on Oct&period; 22&comma; 2012&period;The couple were married in Jan&period; 2014&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Bobbi Kristina&&num;8217&semi;s husband&comma; Nick Gordon was found legally responsible for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death in September&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"ra-left"><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"ra-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Gordon has been ordered to pay &dollar;36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate in wrongful death case <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;"><strong>Bobby Kristina Brown&comma; the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found in a bathtub Jan&period; 31&comma; 2015&comma; unresponsive&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">She died 6 months later in a hospice&comma; never coming out of a coma<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170202&semi;">Brown&&num;8217&semi;s wrongful death suit alleged Gordon caused his daughter&&num;8217&semi;s brain damage by knocking her out with a drug cocktail and leaving her in a tub filled with cold water<&sol;span> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<aside id&equals;"ra-left">&NewLine;<section class&equals;"ra-meta">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-byline"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101826" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;bobby-kristina-brown-and-nick-gordon2&period;png" alt&equals;"Bobby Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon2&period;png" width&equals;"942" height&equals;"751" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-byline"><strong>Bobby Kristina and husband&comma; Nick Gordon&period; in 2014&comma; Bobby Kristina controversially wed  Gordon who Whitney adopted from age 12&period; Nick Gordon was found legally responsible for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death in September&comma; 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-byline">A judge ordered Nick Gordon to pay &dollar;36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown&&num;8217&semi;s estate Thursday&comma; a little under two months after he was ruled legally responsible for her death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Nick Gordon was found liable mainly because he was a no-show in court after ignoring discovery requests and plaintiff motions&comma; the judge admitted as &&num;8220&semi;fact&&num;8221&semi; the allegations made by Brown&&num;8217&semi;s estate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At the time the Houston estate lawyer&comma;R&period; David Ware&comma; said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You simply can’t avoid justice&comma; and you can’t thumb your nose at a court process&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ware told  said&period; &&num;8220&semi;But this is more about Bobbi Kristina Brown and showing without any question that Mr&period; Gordon is legally responsible for her injuries and death&period; We look forward to having a jury tell us what that’s worth&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-101882" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;nick-gordon12&period;png" alt&equals;"Nick Gordon1&period;png" width&equals;"679" height&equals;"423" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Nick Gordon at the Dr&period; Phil show which seemed to have raised more issues for him than solutions<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-101885" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;nick-gordon21&period;png" alt&equals;"Nick Gordon2&period;png" width&equals;"734" height&equals;"457" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The estate’s attorneys cited Gordon’s April &&num;8220&semi;Dr&period; Phil&&num;8221&semi; interview — during which Gordon&comma; 26&comma; admitted he’d &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ignored this lawsuit and its consequences” amid other revelations concerning Brown’s drug use and eventual death — as evidence he had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;thumbed &lpar;his&rpar; nose” at the court&comma; tweeted a reporter from NBC affiliate <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;11alive&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;judge-rules-nick-gordon-legally-responsible-in-bobbi-kristina-browns-death&sol;319369301" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">11Alive<&sol;a>&comma; which first reported the news&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The interview infuriated Bobby Brown and he added his name to the wrogful death suit file by the Houston estate&period; The other member of the family were no less annoyed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It’s been a long time&period; They should have been gotten him&period; He should have been arrested&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Brown&&num;8217&semi;s aunt Leolah Brown told the news station following the hearing&period; &&num;8220&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s ignorant&semi; he&&num;8217&semi;s arrogant&period; He thinks he&&num;8217&semi;s above the law&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s not&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><span class&equals;"ra-title"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101896" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;whitney-houston-bobby-brown-and-bobby-kristina&period;png" alt&equals;"Whitney Houston&comma; Bobby Brown and Bobby Kristina&period;png" width&equals;"588" height&equals;"815" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><strong><span class&equals;"ra-title">Whitney Houston&comma; Bobby Brown and baby Bobbi Kristina Brown<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The defendant ignores this Court&&num;8217&semi;s mandates but freely discusses his role in the incident which led to the horrific injuries to decedent Bobbi Kristina&comma;” the court document stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The only daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston was found in a bathtub Jan&period; 31&comma; 2015 face-down and unresponsive&comma; and later died in hospice care after a six-month coma&period; Her death resulted from drowning and mixed drug intoxication&comma; according to the autopsy report unsealed earlier this year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Brown&&num;8217&semi;s conservator&&num;8217&semi;s multi-million dollar wrongful death suit&comma; meanwhile&comma; alleged Gordon had caused her brain damage by knocking her out with a drug cocktail and leaving her in a tub filled with cold water&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gordon&comma; who has repeatedly maintained his innocence&comma; has not been charged criminally&period; A criminal investigation into Brown&&num;8217&semi;s death remains ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Judge T&period; Jackson Bedford Jr&period; made the decision at a court hearing&comma; which Gordon did not attend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101834" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;bobby-brown-and-bobby-kristina1&period;png" alt&equals;"Bobby Brown and Bobby Kristina1&period;png" width&equals;"871" height&equals;"786" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Singer&sol;Actor Bobby Brown with his daughter Bobby Kristina<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101860" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;whitney-and-bobby-kristina&period;png" alt&equals;"Whitney and Bobby Kristina&period;png" width&equals;"456" height&equals;"841" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina at the Clive Davis and the Recording Academy&&num;8217&semi;s 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Brown’s estate had been seeking &dollar;40 million from Gordon — Brown’s former boyfriend — in its wrongful death lawsuit against him&comma; which was filed in October 2015&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Brown’s father&comma; singer Bobby Brown&comma; contended his daughter had a major career ahead of her in the entertainment industry before her untimely passing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101837" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;bobby-kristina-brown1&period;png" alt&equals;"Bobby Kristina Brown1&period;png" width&equals;"792" height&equals;"813" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Bobby Kristina Brown&comma; the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found in a bathtub Jan&period; 31&comma; 2015 face-down and unresponsive&period; She died 6 months later in a hospice&period; She never came out of the ensuing coma&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was an entertainer&comma;” he said at the hearing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you were around her&comma; all you could do was laugh&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was always the life of the party&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Brown was moved to tears later on in the hearing<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement after the ruling&comma; he called for action from the district attorney in criminal charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101828" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;bobby-kristina-arrives-for-viewing-of-whitneys-body-in-nj-feb-17-2012&period;png" alt&equals;"Bobby Kristina arrives for viewing of Whitney's body in NJ&comma; Feb 17&comma; 2012&period;png" width&equals;"595" height&equals;"835" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>19-year-old Bobby Kristina arrives New Jersey for a private viewing of her mother&comma; Whitney Houston&&num;8217&semi;s body in May&comma;  2012<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I do know that Mr&period; Gordon will be unable to slander my daughter&&num;8217&semi;s name in the future or obtain any benefits from the use of Krissy&&num;8217&semi;s name&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Finally&comma; I do need for the District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office to step up and begin the criminal prosecution of Mr&period; Gordon&period; The delay in that matter is of great concern to me and my family&period; We need for District Attorney Howard to act now&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gordon was deemed legally responsible for Brown’s death in September after he failed to show up at a court hearing in Fulton County&comma; Ga&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-101832" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;whitney-houston-bobby-brown-and-bobby-kristina3&period;png" alt&equals;"Whitney Houston&comma; Bobby Brown and Bobby Kristina3&period;png" width&equals;"946" height&equals;"686" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Whitney Houston&comma; husband&comma; Bobby Brown and their daughter Bobby Kristina&period; Whitney famously had Bobby Kristina with her at all times<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>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&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After six months in a coma&comma; she died in hospice care at the age of 22&period; An autopsy report later concluded her death was the result of mixed drug intoxication coupled with drowning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Brown’s conservator blamed Gordon — who was dating the entertainer at the time she was discovered in the bathtub — for her death&comma; accusing him of drugging her and leaving her for dead in the water&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gordon has maintained his innocence&comma; and a criminal investigation remains ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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