A choose in Atlanta has ordered Bobbi Kristina Brown's companion, Nick Gordon, to pay $36 million in a wrongful demise case on Thursday, based on her property's legal professionals.
Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was discovered face-down and unresponsive in a bath in her suburban Atlanta house in January 2015.
Gordon, who additionally lived there, and a good friend had been listed on the police report as being within the house when investigators arrived there.
The wrongful demise swimsuit mentioned different folks had been there when Brown was initially discovered unresponsive.
She was in a coma for six months earlier than dying in hospice care on the age of 22 on July 26, 2015.
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A choose in Atlanta ordered Bobbi Kristina Brown's companion, Nick Gordon (pictured collectively in 2012), to pay $36 million in a wrongful demise case on Thursday, her property's legal professionals mentioned
Bobbi Kristina Brown's father Bobby Brown sits in court docket throughout a wrongful demise case in opposition to his daughter's companion, Nick Gordon, on Thursday
Her demise was just like the best way her mom died and drew worldwide headlines and the frenzied consideration of the tabloids.
Whitney Houston's physique was discovered face-down in a foot of water in her bathtub on the Beverly Hilton Resort simply earlier than the 2012 Grammy Awards.
Authorities discovered prescribed drugs within the suite and proof of coronary heart illness and cocaine in Houston's physique and decided her demise was an unintentional drowning.
Fulton County Superior Court docket Choose T. Jackson Bedford dominated in September that Gordon repeatedly failed to fulfill court docket deadlines within the civil swimsuit.
His order mentioned meaning the conservator of her property wins by default.
Bedford on Thursday awarded damages of $36,250,000, the property's legal professionals mentioned in an emailed assertion.
LaPrincia Brown, the half-sister of Bobbi Kristina, cries on the witness stand on Thursday
Bobby Brown holds up an image of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, throughout a wrongful demise case in opposition to her companion, Nick Gordon
Within the assertion, lawyer David Ware mentioned: 'There was an pressing want, in my thoughts, to get justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown and that is why I took the case.
We intend to pursue, with all vigor, the complete assortment of the judgment.
'We hope that in some small manner this can permit Krissy's household to proceed their quest for peace.'
Bobby Brown and his daughter, LaPrincia Brown, Bobbi Kristina's half-sister, had been among the many witnesses who testified at Thursday's listening to.
Bobbi Kristina's half-sister LaPrincia Brown, proper, is comforted by her step-mother Alicia Etheridge, after taking the witness stand
Her demise was just like the best way her mom Whitney Houston (pictured collectively in 2011) died and drew worldwide headlines
The younger lady's household blamed Gordon, accusing him within the lawsuit of giving Brown a 'poisonous cocktail' earlier than placing her face-down within the water.
Gordon, an orphan three years older whom Houston had raised as her personal, has not been charged with against the law. Brown had referred to Gordon as her husband.
Gordon wasn't in court docket Thursday and didn't have an lawyer within the civil case, however his prison protection attorneys, Joe Habachy and Jose Baez, had mentioned in August 2015 that the allegations had been baseless.
In addition they mentioned that Gordon is 'heartbroken' and known as the swimsuit a 'fictitious assault.'
LaPrincia Brown, left, greets Bedelia Hargrove, proper, the conservator for Bobbi's property
Bobby Brown's daughter LaPrincia Brown was among the many witnesses who testified at Thursday's listening to
LaPrincia Brown, proper, the half-sister of Bobbi Kristina Brown, is comforted by their father Bobby Brown, after taking the witness stand in a wrongful demise case
Investigators with the health worker's workplace had been unable to find out precisely how Brown had died.
An post-mortem confirmed she had morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescribed drugs in her physique.
However the health worker could not decide if she killed herself, if another person killed her or if her demise was unintentional.
Dontaye Carter, a spokesman for Fulton County District Lawyer Paul Howard, mentioned in an e mail Thursday that Brown's demise remains to be beneath investigation.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (above) had been married 15 years earlier than their relationship resulted in 2007. Bobbi Kristina was their solely youngster collectively
Brown grew up within the shadow of her well-known dad and mom. She appeared with them in 2005 on the Bravo actuality present 'Being Bobby Brown' and attended award exhibits along with her mom and father.
Houston and Bobby Brown had been married 15 years earlier than their relationship resulted in 2007. Bobbi Kristina was their solely youngster collectively.
In August 2015, household and mates gathered at a cemetery in New Jersey and buried Bobbi Kristina Brown subsequent to her mom.
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