In what will come as a surprising twist to the heartbreaking story of Bobbi Kristina and her mother Whitney Houston, an Atlanta judge has just ruled that Nick Gordon, is legally responsible for Bobbi Kristina’s loss of life. According to AJC:
A Fulton County judge ruled today in a $50 million wrongful death civil case that Nick Gordon was “legally responsible” for the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown last year.
He failed to appear in court, which led to this decision by judge T. Jackson Bedford, according to 11 Alive reporter Jennifer Leslie, who attended the hearing.
Brown, the then 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died in July of last year following an incident where she was found unresponsive in a bathroom tub in her home in Roswell. It was an eerily similar death to that of her mother in a Beverly Hills hotel in early 2012.
“He is legally responsible for her death, and the only thing left for us now to prove is the value of her life,” a lawyer for Brown’s estate told 11Alive. “And we intend to do that.”
Brown’s legal counsel said Gordon has not cooperated with discovery, according to RadarOnline.
The suit claimed Gordon was guilty of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and moving money from Brown’s account into his own without authorization.
Here are details my colleague Jennifer Brett (not available right now) provided last year from the lawsuit, which an attorney for Gordon dubbed “slanderous and meritless.”
The suit claims that Bobbi Kristina, who often referred to Nick as her “husband” had a tempestuous argument with him on Jan. 31 “after (Gordon) returned from being out all night on a cocaine and drinking binge.”
The suit claims he “gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face-down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage. (Gordon) then came out of the master bedroom wearing a different set of clothing than he was in prior to his argument with Bobbi Kristina. Afterward he got in bed, and laid his head on female guest’s ankle and stated, “Now I want a pretty little white girl like you.”
The suit goes on to claim that 15 minutes after this allegedly happened, Gordon let the water out of the tub, and tried reviving Bobbi Kristina, saying “wake up” as he performed CPR.
The suit claims that “(Gordon)’s violent attack on Bobbi Kristina and associated reckless and toxic cocktail caused her to sustain a profound brain injury, which ultimately caused her death.”
The lawsuit does not specify what was in the so-called “toxic cocktail” or identify the “female guest” or any sources of information who provided the basis for the suit. It goes on to repeat past claims that Gordon took money from Bobbi Kristina’s account while she was incapacitated, without authorization.
Wow, our hearts ache for Bobbi, her father and her remaining family.
