Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and her boyfriend Nick Gordon are pictured together in 2012, three years before her death — for which he was found legally liable (FREDERIC J. BROWN)
<p>Miami (AFP) – The boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, found liable for her death after giving her a "toxic cocktail," has himself died aged 30, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday.</p><p>Brown, 22, died in 2015 and was the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown.</p><p>The lawyer, Joe Habachy, said he could not discuss how his longtime client Nick Gordon died.</p><p>"I can say that it’s been truly heartbreaking to have witnessed first-hand the total devastation that drug addiction has wreaked upon a group of young friends, all of whom were loved and had immense potential," the Atlanta-based Habachy told AFP by email.</p><p>In November 2016 a US judge ordered Gordon to pay more than $36 million in a wrongful death suit brought by the estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown.</p><p>In an eerie repeat of her mother’s death, she was found unconscious in a bathtub at her Atlanta-area home, while Gordon and a guest were there.</p><p>Gordon spent years being raised by Houston in her home and grew up alongside Bobbi Kristina, although he was never formally adopted by the pop singer.</p><p>The lawsuit filed by Brown’s estate said he had lashed out at her in a fit of jealousy that evening after being "out all night on a cocaine and drinking binge."</p><p>According to the wrongful death suit filed in Atlanta, Georgia, Gordon gave "Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage."</p><p>The medical examiner’s office said it was unclear if Brown’s death was accidental or intentional.</p><p>An autopsy determined that she had marijuana, alcohol, cocaine and morphine in her body.</p><p>"Despite all of the incredible challenges Nick faced over the last few years I can honestly say that he worked hard to hold his head up and stay sober and that he genuinely wanted a happy healthy life with his family more than anything else," Habachy said.</p><p>"My heart goes out to the family and friends Nick leaves behind and to any other families dealing with the losses and heartache caused by drugs."</p><p>Whitney Houston was found face down in a bathtub at a Los Angeles hotel in February 2012 on the eve of the Grammy Awards.</p><p></p>

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