Almost 5 Years
It’s hard to believe that it has been almost 5 years since the beautiful daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta town-home Jan. 31, 2015.
Eerily Similar Deaths
Brown passed away in July of 2015, when she was found unresponsive in a bathtub—the same way her late mother, Whitney Houston, was found three years prior.
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s face was immersed in water and she was intoxicated with a mix of marijuana, alcohol, morphine and other drugs – both conditions that caused pneumonia that led to her death, a medical examiner said in a statement released.
Morphine was also involved, and “it could not be determined from toxicology tests whether the morphine resulted from heroin use,” the medical examiner’s statement said.
“The underlying cause of death is the condition which starts the downhill course of events leading to death and in this case is the immersion associated with drug intoxication,” the medical examiner’s office said in the statement.
26 Years Old
March 4th, would have been Bobby Kristina’s 26th birthday. Her dad, Bobby Brown posted a sweet message:
Happy birthday baby girl, your smile lives on forever 💜
Guilty Verdict
Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ruled in a $50 million wrongful death civil case that Nick Gordon was “legally responsible” for the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown.The ruling emanates from a civil lawsuit Bobbi Kristina’s rep filed against Nick, not criminal proceedings.
Following the series of testimonials from Bobby Brown, and friends of Bobbi Kristina , Judge Bedford assessed the damages and losses related to the incident to determine the value of Bobbi Kristina’s life.
“To determine the value of a life is pretty difficult. So the court has been back there primarily struggling with that particular issue,” Bedford said.
The judge awarded more than $36 million, broken down as:
- $1.575 million for money taken from the account, including alleged stolen rings
- $250,000 in punitive damages
- $1.37 million for assault and battery
- $13.8 million for pain and suffering as a result of assault
- $4.2 million in punitive damages
- $15 million for present value of life
