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PEOPLE – Nick Gordon, held responsible for the death in 2015 of his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown, only daughter of American pop legend Whitney Houston, was found dead in turn at the age of 30, his lawyer announced on Wednesday January 1.
Bobbi Kristina Brown had died in July 2015, at the age of 22, after having ingested a “toxic cocktail” administered by her boyfriend and which had made her unconscious. Nick Gordon then plunged her head into a tub of cold water, which caused her brain damage.
Ordered to pay $ 36 million
Forensic pathologists had failed to rule on the accidental or intentional nature of the death. The autopsy determined that Bobbi Kristina Brown had used alcohol, morphine, cocaine and marijuana before his death.
In November 2016, a US civilian judge ordered Nick Gordon to pay $ 36 million in damages to the managers of the young woman’s estate. According to their complaint, Gordon had yelled at him during a fit of jealousy the night of his death, after going out “all night long without taking cocaine and drinking alcohol”.
A group of friends devastated by drugs
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s disappearance marked tragic repetition of his mother Whitney Houston’s death, found dead in the tub of a hotel room in Beverly Hills in 2012.
Nick Gordon’s lawyer Joe Habachy refused to explain the circumstances of his client’s death on January 1. “It is truly distressing to have witnessed firsthand the total devastation that drug addiction has caused among a group of young friends, who were all loved and had immense potential,” he said. commented in an email.
“Despite all of the incredible ordeals Nick has faced in recent years, I can honestly say that he worked hard to keep his head up and stay sober, and that he sincerely wanted above all a happy and healthy life with his family, ”he added.
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