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Nick Gordon found responsible for wrongful death of Bobbi Kristina Brown

A Fulton County, Georgia, judge ruled Friday in a $50 million wrongful death civil case that Nick Gordon was “legally responsible” for the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown last year.

Gordon failed to appear in court, which led to the decision by Judge T. Jackson Bedfordaccording to 11 Alive reporter Jennifer Leslie, who attended the hearing.

Brown, the then-22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, died in July 2015 after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home in Roswell, Georgia. It was an eerily similar death to that of her mother in a Beverly Hills hotel in early 2012.

"He is legally responsible for her death, and the only thing left for us now to prove is the value of her life," a lawyer for Brown's estate told 11Alive. "And we intend to do that."

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Brown’s legal counsel said Gordon has not cooperated with discovery efforts, according to RadarOnline.

The suit claimed that Gordon was guilty of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and moving money from Brown’s account into his own without authorization.

Here are details provided last year from the lawsuit, which an attorney for Gordon dubbed "slanderous and meritless."

The suit claims that Brown, who often referred to Nick as her "husband" had a tempestuous argument with him on Jan. 31 "after (Gordon) returned from being out all night on a cocaine and drinking binge."

The suit claims that he "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. (Gordon) then came out of the master bedroom wearing a different set of clothing than he was in prior to his argument with Bobbi Kristina. Afterward he got in bed, and (lay) his head on female guest's ankle and stated, 'Now I want a pretty little white girl like you.'"

The suit claims that 15 minutes after that, Gordon let the water out of the tub and tried to revive Brown, saying 'Wake up' as he performed CPR.

The suit claims that "(Gordon)'s violent attack on Bobbi Kristina and associated reckless and toxic cocktail caused her to sustain a profound brain injury, which ultimately caused her death."

The lawsuit does not specify what was in the so-called "toxic cocktail" or identify the "female guest" or any sources of information about who provided the basis for the suit. It repeated past claims that Gordon took money from Brown's account while she was incapacitated, without authorization.

Gordon in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw for the “Dr. Phil” show last spring, denied that he had anything to do with her death or that of her mother.

“Regardless of what everybody thinks, I made Krissy and Whitney’s last few years on earth as happy as they would be,” he told McGraw.

McGraw said at the time said that Gordon appeared "high as a kite" during the talk.