Nick Gordon has been ordered to pay over $36 million in the wrongful death suit of Bobbi Kristina Brown.
The daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found face down in a bathtub in her Georgia home on Jan. 31, 2015. After spending nearly six months in a coma, she died in hospice care last July 26 at the age of 22.
Watch: Bobby Brown Says He Won't 'Get Closure' Until Nick Gordon Is Criminally Charged for Death of Bobbi Kristina
On Thursday, Bobbi Kristina's father testified in the Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Georgia, where Judge T. Jackson Bedford determined Gordon must pay for loss of life, punitive damages ($250,000), conversion ($1.575 million), assault and battery ($1.37 million), and pain and suffering as a result of assault ($13.8 million).
The exact amount Gordon will be responsible for paying to Bobbi Kristina's estate is $36,251,918.50, which includes the judge's determined value of his former girlfriend's life, $15 million.
"There...
The daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown was found face down in a bathtub in her Georgia home on Jan. 31, 2015. After spending nearly six months in a coma, she died in hospice care last July 26 at the age of 22.
Watch: Bobby Brown Says He Won't 'Get Closure' Until Nick Gordon Is Criminally Charged for Death of Bobbi Kristina
On Thursday, Bobbi Kristina's father testified in the Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Georgia, where Judge T. Jackson Bedford determined Gordon must pay for loss of life, punitive damages ($250,000), conversion ($1.575 million), assault and battery ($1.37 million), and pain and suffering as a result of assault ($13.8 million).
The exact amount Gordon will be responsible for paying to Bobbi Kristina's estate is $36,251,918.50, which includes the judge's determined value of his former girlfriend's life, $15 million.
"There...
- 11/17/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Nick Gordon better start checking his couch cushions for change, because he was just ordered to pay a fortune in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him. Gordon, the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, was ordered to pay more than $36 million Thursday after being found responsible for Brown’s death. Attorney R. David Ware, who represented Brown’s estate in the suit, told TheWrap that Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ordered Gordon to pay a total of $36,250,000 in damages. Also Read: Bobby Brown 'Pleased' With Judgment Against Nick Gordon in Bobbi Kristina Brown Lawsuit The damages were...
- 11/17/2016
- by Tim Kenneally and Pamela Chelin
- The Wrap
After failing to show up to two hearings for the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown's estate, Nick Gordon was found legally responsible "by default" for her death and held in contempt of court Friday morning. According to court documents obtained by People, Judge T. Jackson Bedford of Fulton County did not reach the judgment by considering the facts of the case. Rather, Gordon was found liable for Brown's death - and up to $50 million in damages plus attorney fees - because he failed to respond or appear in court for his civil hearings. "In court today,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Melody Chiu, @chiumelo
- PEOPLE.com
Bobby Brown feels he is one step closer to justice when it comes to the shocking death of his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. On Friday morning, Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ruled Nick Gordon is civilly liable in her death after the late Brown's boyfriend failed to appear in court for the second time, her estate lawyer R. David Ware said in a press conference. Because Gordon failed to appear twice, the judge said anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission. "I am pleased with the outcome of today's court proceedings," Brown tells People in a statement.
- 9/16/2016
- by Melody Chiu, @chiumelo
- PEOPLE.com
Nick Gordon has been found "legally responsible" in his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown's July 2015 death, despite an ongoing criminal investigation into the January incident which initially left her unresponsive - a decision not too uncommon, an expert tells People. Gordon failed to appear twice in an Atlanta, Georgia, court in response to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by 22-year-old Brown's estate last year, Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said. Thus, anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission, the judge said. Now, the judge will determine how much Gordon must pay in damages to Brown's estate,...
- 9/16/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
A Fulton County judge has ruled Nick Gordon “legally responsible” for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death following his absence at a court hearing on Friday, NBC affiliate 11Alive reports. “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 Brown’s conservator told […]...
- 9/16/2016
- by Sylvia Ogweng
- ET Canada
Just over a year after Bobbi Kristina Brown died at the age of 22, her boyfriend Nick Gordon has been found civilly liable in her death, reported 11 Alive. Gordon failed to appear - for the second time - in Atlanta, Georgia, court Friday morning in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Brown's estate last year, Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said. Because Gordon has failed to appear twice, the judge said anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission. The judge will now determine the amount of damages to be awarded to Brown's estate. The suit asked for $50 million.
- 9/16/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Those who keep up with the more avant-garde end of the jazz spectrum have long known that Matthew Shipp is one of the great pianists, but he's reached a higher level of creativity this decade, most recently displayed in his two releases this year, the new solo album I've Been to Many Places and the trio album The Root of Things.
Quick recap of how he got there: While growing up in Delaware, Shipp studied privately with Dennis Sandole, one of John Coltrane's teachers. Later, at New England Conservatory, Shipp studied with Joe Maneri, another avant-jazz great. Shipp's recording career began in 1988 with a duo album with saxophonist Rob Brown, and within a few years the pianist had joined the David S. Ware Quartet; he recorded with that group from 1990 until it disbanded in 2007, then increased his already prolific output by making over two dozen albums as leader or...
Quick recap of how he got there: While growing up in Delaware, Shipp studied privately with Dennis Sandole, one of John Coltrane's teachers. Later, at New England Conservatory, Shipp studied with Joe Maneri, another avant-jazz great. Shipp's recording career began in 1988 with a duo album with saxophonist Rob Brown, and within a few years the pianist had joined the David S. Ware Quartet; he recorded with that group from 1990 until it disbanded in 2007, then increased his already prolific output by making over two dozen albums as leader or...
- 10/4/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Jazz pianist Borah Bergman died the same day as David Ware, but as he was a more obscure figure known mostly to hardcore devotees of the avant-garde, the news traveled more slowly. Famous or not, his talents and imagination were prodigious, as his peers knew. John Zorn called him "one of the greatest pianists of our time," and Peter Brötzmann declared, "Borah Bergman was my favorite pianist. One of the few pianists who can work with me at all." Chris Kelsey, both a saxophonist and a critic, proclaimed him "perhaps the most technically accomplished pianist in jazz -- and if he's not at the top, then he's certainly on a short list of two."
One of the things that us critics do, of course, is make comparisons, but there were no valid comparisons for this unique player, who created a stunningly distinctive technique unlike that of any other jazz pianist by working,...
One of the things that us critics do, of course, is make comparisons, but there were no valid comparisons for this unique player, who created a stunningly distinctive technique unlike that of any other jazz pianist by working,...
- 10/23/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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