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Nick Gordon's Conviction: A Case Study

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An amended lawsuit filed on August 7, 2015 gives details on Nick Gordon physically abusing Bobbi Kristina just days before he gave her that “toxic cocktail and pushed her face down into the bathtub of cold water. Nick Gordon lunged at Bobbi Kristina as she sat on the couch. He punched her in the face so hard that the couch broke. The impact sent Bobbi Kristina to the floor. However, Nick didn’t quit there. He continued “hitting her in the face until she was bloody.” He even knocked out one of her teeth as he slugged her in the face. Then as she was on the floor, he proceeded to kick her in the side. She curled in a fetal position trying to protect herself as she was screaming. But, Nick wasn’t through yet. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her upstairs to the master bedroom. When he came back downstairs to his guests, he told them, “I don’t do this often.” …show more content…

She never made it to that meeting. Nick allegedly went too far when he mixed her the “toxic cocktail” and drowned her in the bathtub of cold water. Nick is being sued for $40 million for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conversion. Nick is also accused of stealing over $11,000 from Bobbi Kristina’s account while she was in a coma. No criminal charges have been filed against Nick although he does have to respond to the lawsuit leveled against him. Nick continues to plead his innocence in the matter as he pushes the blame on Bobbi Kristina. He claims that she did too many drugs and that is what

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