"BROKE" NICK GORDON ORDERED TO PAY USD$36MILLION FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF BOBBI CHRISTINA BROWN

Nick Gordon and Late Bobbi

Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend Nick Gordon has been ordered to pay $36 million to her estate. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford entered a judgment against Gordon Thursday as a result of a wrongful death suit filed by her family.

In September, Gordon was found legally responsible for Brown's death after she was found submerged last year in the bathtub of an Atlanta home the couple shared.
Brown, 22, lingered for months in hospice before she died. An autopsy declared that drug intoxication and immersion in water were the cause of the pneumonia and brain damage that ultimately led to her death.

Gordon has not been charged criminally in the case. He failed to appear for two hearings in the civil case against him regarding Brown's death, and her family won by default. He was not in court Thursday when the judgment was entered.
The ruling forces Gordon to pay any of his future earnings to the estate of Brown.

Her father, singer Bobby Brown, issued a statement expressing his happiness about the judgment.
"I am pleased with the outcome of today's court proceedings," he said. "I do know that Mr. Gordon will be unable to slander my daughter's name in the future or obtain any benefits from the use of Krissy's name."
Brown called on authorities to move to criminally charge Gordon in his daughter's death.
"The delay in that matter is of great concern to me and my family," the singer said. "We need for District Attorney Howard to act now."

But Nick Gordon will not be able to pay Bobbi Kristina Brown's estate a single penny at least for now.
He simply has no money and is dead broke, according to a report in TMZ.
Prior to the ruling, Bobbi Kristina's father Bobby Brown said the 22-year-old had superstar written all over her.
"She was an entertainer. If you were around her all could do was laugh. She told a lot of jokes," Bobby told the court. "She was always the life of the party... She was the life of anywhere she went. Anybody she was around definitely enjoyed her company."
He added, "I know she had the talent to be successful."
He went on to say that he believed that Nick was responsible for her death.
It's somewhat likely that the Brown family never actually expected to get a dime from Nick, despite the ruling. A source close to Bobbi's ex tells TMZ that the judge could have even raised the damages and it wouldn't have mattered.
Nick is reportedly not working and all the money he got for interviews earlier this year was used to pay his criminal attorneys.
"You can order a gajillian dollars but what will you collect?," a source close to his legal team told TMZ of the huge judgment. "One day they may collect part of it. If he wins the lottery."
While the civil case is now settled, he's still under criminal investigation for Bobbi Kristina's death.