Bobbi Kristina’s ex-boyfriend Nick Gordon to pay over wrongful death

AN emotional Bobby Brown looked on as a judge ordered Nick Gordon to pay $49 million in a court case over the tragic death of Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Bobby Brown, the father of Bobbi Kristina Brown, sits in court during a wrongful death case against his daughter's partner, Nick Gordon, in Atlanta. Picture: AP

LAWYERS for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate say a judge in Atlanta has ordered her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, to pay US$36 million (AU$49 million) in a wrongful death case.

Brown, the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Atlanta townhome in January 2015.

She was in a coma for six months before dying in hospice care at age 22.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ruled in September that Gordon repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines in the case.

In happier times. Nick Gordon has been ordered to pay up over the wrongful death of his girlfriend, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Picture: Getty Images

His order said that meant the conservator of her estate wins by default.

The estate’s lawyers said in an emailed statement that Bedford awarded damages of US$36,250,000 (AU$49 million).

Gordon wasn’t in court for the hearing. He hasn’t been criminally charged over Brown’s death.

Bobby Brown, pictured in court during a wrongful death case against his daughter's partner, Nick Gordon, in Atlanta. Picture: AP

The late Whitney Houston with her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, in 2011. Picture: Getty Images Nick Gordon Found Legally Responsible for Bobbi Kristina Brown's Death

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