What happened to Bobbi Kristina Brown?
Bobbi succumbed to injuries she suffered six months ago, on January 31, after being found face down in a bathtub.
A lawsuit that has come to light claims her boyfriend Nick Gordon violently assaulted her just hours before she was discovered unresponsive – in a chilling mirror of her mother’s death.
Bobbi’s father, Bobby Brown, has vowed to get justice for his 22-year-old daughter.
But what exactly happened to Bobbi?
"This is so sad"
More tributes have come pouring in for the tragic 22-year-old after she lost her six-month battle for life.
Keeping up With The Kardashians star Kylie Jenner wrote: "Rest in peace #BobbiKristina. Got a chance to hang out with u once & I'll never forget it or you! Ugh this is so sad :(."
Writer and editor of PEOPLE.com Janet Mock posted a touching picture of Bobbi as a baby with Whitney, adding: "Rest well with your mama".
Belongings removed from Bobbi Kristina's home
Bobbi Kristina's death comes days after Pat Houston was pictured removing belongings from the townhouse where she was found unresponsive in a bathtub.
Pat, the 22-year-old's aunt and co-legal guardian, reportedly cleaned out the 22-year-old’s townhouse in Roswell where Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious early last week.
An insider told US Weekly that Pat had kept the music plaques that had once been given to mark milestones in Whitney’s legendary career from the home.
The family statement: 'Thank you for the love and support'
The Houston family released a statement to media on Sunday afternoon.
"She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."
After Bobbi Kristina was moved to the hospice facility where she tragically passed away, Pat Houston said: "Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition has continued to deteriorate."
"We thank everyone for their support and prayers. She is in God's hands now."
Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend Nick faced with $10million lawsuit
Since Bobbi Kristina was found, police in Atlanta have launched criminal investigation into the circumstances which caused her injuries.
Both sides of her family accused her boyfriend Nick Gordon of abusing her while police are looking into reports the couple had a violent argument before she was found in the bath.
Two weeks ago the 25-year-old was officially served with legal papers for a $10 million lawsuit, accusing him of being violent towards Bobbi Kristina.
He is also accused of stealing from her as she lay fighting for her life.
Gordon, who has now left Roswell near Atlanta where he was living with Bobbi Kristina to move to his mother’s in Florida was filmed leaving a Starbucks in Longwood, near Orlando, when he was given the documents by a process server.
The lawsuit, which was filed in June, claims: “Even after Brown's hospitalisation, and while she was in a coma, [Gordon] accessed Brown's bank accounts) and stole in excess of $11,000 from Brown's bank account(s).”
Tributes flood in for tragic 22-year-old
Tributes have come pouring in for the 22-year-old.
Missy Elliott paid respects on Twitter shortly after news broke, writing: "My heart is truly heavy May u rest in peace with your mommy #BobbiKristina sending prayers 2 the Brown/Houston family."
Vivica A Fox shared: "RIP #BobbiKristina My deepest sympathies 2 your father #BobbyBrown n your GrandMa #CissyHouston We will miss ya 4sho darling ;)."
The Houston family announced the aspiring singer passed away on Sunday surrounded by close family.
Bobbi Kristina's death comes 3 months after the third anniversary Whitney's passing
Music legend Whitney Houston was found unconscious when she accidentally drowned in a bath tub at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in February 2012.
She too was face down when a member of her security team found her unconscious.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office later confirmed the 48-year-old passed away as a result of drowning and 'effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use’.
Bobbi Kristina Brown loses six-month battle for life
Whitney Houston’s daughter has lost her six-month battle for life.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was rushed into intensive care suffering from severe brain damage after being found face down in almost a foot of water on January 31.
She died on Sunday surrounded by her family, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia.
"She is finally at peace in the arms of God," the Houston family said in statement.
"We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."
Pat Houston, Whitney's sister, added: "Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away Sunday, July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family.
"She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months."
As TMZ reports, the family was prepared to let Bobbi Kristina die at the hospice after doctors gave them no hope of her recovery. Pat Houston and Bobby Brown later agreed to stop her medication.
'Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown's condition has continued to deteriorate,' read a family statement, made in June.
'As of today, she has been moved into hospice care.'
While Bobbi Kristina's relatives had continued to flock to her bedside over the past six months, her ex-boyfriend, Gordon, 25, had been banned from visiting his former lover by her family.
Gordon is also subject to a $10million lawsuit claiming he attacked her on January 31.
Later that day, Brown was found face down and unresponsive in the bathtub in her Atlanta area home. She underwent surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheotomy tube in February.
She was originally placed into a medically-induced coma after the horrific discovery, which was made in circumstances eerily reminiscent of her internationally-famous mother's death.
Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in her Los Angeles hotel just hours before she was due to attend a pre-Grammy awards party in February 2010. Her death was ruled accidental.
However, police are treating Bobbi Kristina's near-drowning, alleged injuries and subsequent death as a criminal investigation - with speculation mounting that Gordon will face murder charges.
Meanwhile, the Houstons are looking for justice through a civil suit.
Nothing to see: The tent appeared at the back door of the Georgia hospice center where Bobbi Kristina was taken June 24 in order to 'die naturally'
Blocking the view? It stands to reason that the 22-year-old's family could have had the gray structure placed behind Peachtree Christian Hospice near Atlanta in order to block photographers from taking pictures of anything coming or going through the door
Hospice stay: Bobbi Kristina has been at Peachtree Christian Hospice for three weeks. Family members have been seen coming and going from the facility since the end of June
Ongoing drama: The appearance of the tent on Wednesday was the first development in the ongoing drama since it was revealed earlier in July that someone - potentially one of her family members - was shopping around deathbed photos of Bobbi Kristina (pictured, right, in 2012)
A court-appointed representative of Bobbi Kristina has filed an explosive lawsuit against Gordon claiming that he took money from her and abused her physically and emotionally.
Bedilia Hargrove launched the suit in Fulton County Superior Court. The complaint says Gordon routinely transferred large sums of money from Bobbi Kristina's accounts to his without permission.
The suit also accuses Gordon of misrepresenting his relationship with Bobbi Kristina, being violent toward her and taking more than $11,000 from her account after she was found in the bathtub.
Gordon is accused of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unjust enrichment and conversion. The suit seeks at least $10 million in damages, it is reported.
The news of Bobbi Kristina's passing on Sunday came just weeks after it was revealed that someone was reportedly shopping around deathbed photos of the aspiring singer for a high price.
The news of the photo - potentially offered to media outlets by a family member - was first revealed by Bobbi Kristina's paternal aunt Leola Brown, who took to Facebook to express her disgust.
'I'll tell you what! You took that picture thinking you gon get some money for it...and thats gon be it!' she wrote. 'Guess what!????!!!! I will myself if no one else does-see to it that -YOU be revealed!!!!'
Happier times: In this September 1, 2009, photo, singer Whitney Houston, right, sings with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a performance on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York
Beloved: Bobbi Kristina attends the Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged: For The Love of R&B Event with her mother (left) at Tru Hollywood in Hollywood in 2011, and is carried by her mother in an old photo (right)
Snuggled up: This picture shows Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina snuggled up to each other on a bed. Around two decades later, the mother and daughter have both passed away in eerily similar circumstances
Abuse? The lawsuit by Bobbi's family detailing claims of alleged abuse by Nick Gordon against the 22-year-old also claims he physically
She added that she is going to make anyone who has visited Bobbi Kristina - including relatives on both sides of her family and other loved ones - take a lie detector test to track down the culprit.
'EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL WILL TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST!! AND NOT BY YOUR PEOPLE EITHER! YOU AINT GON BE ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE OFF ON THIS ONE! YOU will not do to my niece what YOU did to Whitney! Everyone knows who YOU ARE! Aint nobody stupid!' she wrote.
The image reportedly showed Bobbi Kristina pictured lying in a bed at Peachtree Christian Hospice, which is based in Duluth, Georgia, while an unidentified female relative hovered over her.
Bobbi Kristina, whose father is a Grammy Award winner, was an aspiring singer who began performing with her mother as early as 1999, singing duets of "My Love is Your Love."
In 2003 they recorded another duet of 'Little Drummer Boy' for a holiday album.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown both struggled with substance abuse and divorced when their daughter was 14. Houston described their 15-year marriage as drug- and alcohol-fueled.
The couple's tempestuous relationship was chronicled in the short-lived television series, 'Being Bobby Brown'. Bobbi Kristina was hospitalized twice with anxiety after her mother's death.
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