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| Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner loses wrongful death case | Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner loses wrongful death case |
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| Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner, Nick Gordon, has lost a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Whitney Houston's late daughter. | Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner, Nick Gordon, has lost a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Whitney Houston's late daughter. |
| A Georgia judge upheld the plaintiff's case against Gordon as he repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines. | A Georgia judge upheld the plaintiff's case against Gordon as he repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines. |
| The lawsuit alleged that Gordon physically abused Brown and took money from her estate without her permission. | |
| Brown, 22, died in August 2015, several months after being found unresponsive in a bath at her suburban Atlanta home. | |
| R David Ware, a lawyer for the Brown estate conservator, said outside court. "The court agrees with us, by striking Mr Gordon's answer that he is legally responsible for her death." | R David Ware, a lawyer for the Brown estate conservator, said outside court. "The court agrees with us, by striking Mr Gordon's answer that he is legally responsible for her death." |
| Jury trial | |
| Gordon has missed court appearances twice, which meant Brown's conservator won by default, according to Fulton County Superior Court Judge T Jackson Bedford. | |
| No criminal charges have been filed against Gordon. | |
| A jury trial will be set to determine how much Gordon will be required to pay in damages, the judge's order stated. | A jury trial will be set to determine how much Gordon will be required to pay in damages, the judge's order stated. |
| Brown was the only daughter of Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown. | Brown was the only daughter of Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown. |
| She died at a hospice in July 2015, six months after she was found unresponsive in a bath. | |
| Brown's death was a result of immersion in water and drug intoxication, according to medical records. | |
| An autopsy showed Brown had morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body at the time of her death, but the cause of death was "undetermined." | |
| The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015, sought $50m (£38m) in damages. | |
| The conservator of Brown's estate first filed a $10m (£7.6) lawsuit after Brown was moved to a hospice, alleging that Gordon fraudulently claimed to be Brown's husband in order to access her multimillion-dollar inheritance. | |
| The lawsuit was later amended to include an allegation of wrongful death, seeking additional damages. | |
| Brown's mother, Houston, was found dead in a hotel bath in Los Angeles in 2012. Brown was the sole heir to Houston's estate. |