The key players in the Bobbi Kristina Brown saga
JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
FILE
-- In a March 28, 1998 file photo Whitney Houston and her husband Bobby
Brown arrive for the Versace Fall 1998 fashion show in New York. Brown,
the former New Edition member and soul singer, tied the knot with
Whitney Houston in 1992, but their marriage was a tumultuous one. The
two divorced in 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
ATLANTA
(AP) — Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston and
the only child between Houston and ex-husband Bobby Brown, has been
hospitalized since she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her
suburban Atlanta home on Jan. 31.
Some facts about her and others associated with her:
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BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN
She
spent her entire life in the spotlight generated by Houston and Bobby
Brown. She attended award shows and appeared on red carpets alongside
them, and performed "My Love Is Your Love" along with her superstar
mother in 2009. Bobbi Kristina wanted to become a singer and actor just
like Houston, who died three years ago. But her career never took off.
She ended up becoming a social media sensation, sending more than 11,000
tweets and attracting 164,000 followers. She often claimed she was
married to her partner, Nick Gordon, the orphaned young man she grew up
with after Houston brought him into the family. She is the sole
inheritor of Houston's estate.
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NICK GORDON
Bobbi
Kristina was living with Gordon at the townhome where she was found in a
bathtub. Police say Gordon performed CPR on her while a friend called
911. Houston brought Gordon into her household as an orphan at the age
of 12, raising him and her daughter after divorcing Bobby Brown in 2007.
Gordon wore a large tattoo of Houston's face on his arm and called the
singer "mom," but she never fully adopted him or included him in the
will. After Houston's death, Gordon and Bobbi Kristina went public with
their romance. Bobby Brown says his daughter isn't and never has been
married to Gordon.
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BOBBY BROWN
The
father of 21-year-old Bobbi Kristina. The former New Edition member and
soul singer tied the knot with Whitney Houston in 1992, but their
marriage was a tumultuous one. The two divorced in 2007. The 46-year-old
Brown was known for a bad-boy image but also became a huge star,
selling platinum records with New Edition and going solo before drugs
and legal woes derailed his career.
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PATRICIA HOUSTON
Whitney
Houston's sister-in-law and manager, married to Whitney Houston's
brother Gary. After the late singer's death in 2012, Patricia was
appointed administrator of the trust fund Whitney Houston set up for
Bobbi Kristina. Gordon and Bobbi Kristina's announcement of their
marriage on social media troubled Patricia, who always viewed the two as
brother and sister. She eventually obtained a restraining order
against Gordon, effective through April.
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MAXWELL LOMAS
Lomas,
24, of Duluth, Georgia, was listed in the police report as being at
Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon's home when investigators arrived. He
claims he was the one that found Bobbi Kristina face-down in the
bathtub. Lomas has had a checkered past. Last month, he was arrested and
charged with weapons offenses, possession of marijuana with intent to
distribute, and possession of a prescription anxiety medication. Lomas
pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to his attorney, who said
the arrest is unrelated to Brown being found in the bathtub.
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