Late Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, 22, was found
unresponsive in the bathtub inside her Georgia home yesterday. She was
rushed to the hospital where TMZ later reported that she was in a
medically induced coma for swelling of the brain. Now MTO is reporting
that she's brain dead
Hospital officials and her family have not commented about her condition. The 21-year-old's husband, Nick Gordon, and other family members, including her father Bobby Brown, have rushed to be by her side.
Bobbi Kristina is breathing with the help of a ventilator but is still unresponsive, a source told E! News. Entertainment Tonight and other outlets had also reported that she was placed on a ventilator.
The "machine is aiding" and "she has vital signs," the source said, adding that precautionary measures are being implemented.
People magazine quoted a source close to Bobbi Kristina's family as saying she "is stable at the hospital," while CNN, also citing a source close to the family, reported that she was placed in a medically induced coma after being hospitalized. There has been no official confirmation of this by doctors or family members. Near-drowning victims are often placed on ventilators to help them breathe and are also sometimes put under medically induced comas for some time in a bid to reduce potential swelling and inflammation in the brain.
Gordon and a friend had found her unconscious in the tub early on Saturday and helped revive her before officers arrived and paramedics took over life-saving measures and transported her to the medical center. Police are still investigating the incident.
Bobbi Kristina's medical emergency occurred almost three years to the day her mother was found dead at age 48 inside a filled bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel room. The coroner's report stated that cocaine played a part in the death of the iconic singer and The Bodyguard actress, who had battled substance abuse for years, as did Bobby.
No drugs were found following a preliminary investigation at Bobbi Kristina's home, police had said. Her cousin and her dad's nephew, Jerod Brown, who goes by the name YF Kennedy, told E! News exclusively on Saturday that "Krissi doesn't do drugs" and also "hasn't been drinking."
Medical privacy laws mean information is restricted, but unconfirmed reports said she was in a medically induced coma to reduce swelling on the brain.
Ms Brown, 21, was found on Saturday by her husband and a friend.
The incident happened less than two weeks before the third anniversary of Whitney Houston's death.
The singer was found dead in February 2012, aged 48, in a bath in a hotel in Los Angeles.
A post-mortem examination later concluded she died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine use and heart disease.'Praying for recovery'
Ms Brown was found in the bathtub on Saturday morning, Roswell police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said later in the day.
She said that Ms Brown was now at North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia, and that she was "still alive and breathing".
At a later news conference, Ms Holland said she could not comment on Ms Brown's condition because of medical privacy laws.
The police spokeswoman also noted the incident's similarity with the circumstances of Ms Brown's mother's death.
But the 21-year-old's cousin Jerod Brown told Sky News: "She's pretty good right now, she's around family.
"We're just praying for a speedy recovery, that's it... I'm pretty sure she'll be getting out of there very soon."
Mr Brown refused to comment on reports that his cousin was in a coma.
Whitney Houston was seen as the golden girl of the music industry in the 1980s and 90s, becoming one of the world's best-selling artists and the most successful soul singer of all time.
But the hits stopped in the mid-1990s after she began to abuse cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs.
Bobbi Kristina was born after the singer's tumultuous 1992 marriage to hip-hop singer Bobby Brown.
The marriage became a public spectacle and ended in divorce in 2007.
"She encourages me and inspires me," Houston once said of her daughter. "When I look at her eyes and I see myself, I go: 'OK. I can do this. I can do this.'"
MediaTakeOut.com just exclusively spoke to a hospital worker at North Fulton Hospital, where Bobbi is staying. We're told that Bobbi Kristina is "brain dead". The worker, who asked to remain anonymous said, "She lost oxygen to her brain for too long - she's not going to be able to recover." We asked if the worker was sure about Bobbi's condition, and they replied, "Yes, very sure."
We're also told that her father Bobby Brown, and family friends including Tyler Perry are at her bedside, praying for a miracle. Let's all say a special prayer for Bobbi tonight.
MediaTakeOut.com just learned MORE information - on what happened to Bobbi Kristina yesterday. As you all know, Bobbi Kristina was found FACE DOWN in a bathtub - and NON-RESPONSIVE. She was rushed to the hospital and placed into a medically induced coma. And we spoke EXCLUSIVELY to a person at the hospital - who described Bobbi's current condition as "brain dead". Her family is currently praying by her side, asking GOD for a miracle.
Initial reports were that Bobbi Kristina may have had a DRUG OVERDOSE . . . well now we're hearing otherwise. A person CLOSE to the Brown family tell MediaTakeOut.com exclusively that they suspect that Bobbi Kristina may have COMMITTED SUICIDE!!!
The insider dropped EXCLUSIVE TEA to us. The tipster explained, "Bobbi and [husband] Nick [Gordon] were not together. They were staying apart. Nicki got a call from Bobbi Kris and he felt hat she was try to hurt herself. So he [and a friend] rushed home, and they found her."
We're told that Bobbi Kristina was in a DEEP DEPRESSION - caused by trouble in her marriage, and FRUSTRATION with the portrayal of her mother Whitney in a recent Lifetime Biopic movie.Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late Whitney Houston, remains hospitalized and is still unresponsive after being found face down in a filled bathtub at her Georgia home and is breathing with the help of a ventilator, E! News has learned.
Hospital officials and her family have not commented about her condition. The 21-year-old's husband, Nick Gordon, and other family members, including her father Bobby Brown, have rushed to be by her side.
Bobbi Kristina is breathing with the help of a ventilator but is still unresponsive, a source told E! News. Entertainment Tonight and other outlets had also reported that she was placed on a ventilator.
The "machine is aiding" and "she has vital signs," the source said, adding that precautionary measures are being implemented.
People magazine quoted a source close to Bobbi Kristina's family as saying she "is stable at the hospital," while CNN, also citing a source close to the family, reported that she was placed in a medically induced coma after being hospitalized. There has been no official confirmation of this by doctors or family members. Near-drowning victims are often placed on ventilators to help them breathe and are also sometimes put under medically induced comas for some time in a bid to reduce potential swelling and inflammation in the brain.
Gordon and a friend had found her unconscious in the tub early on Saturday and helped revive her before officers arrived and paramedics took over life-saving measures and transported her to the medical center. Police are still investigating the incident.
Bobbi Kristina's medical emergency occurred almost three years to the day her mother was found dead at age 48 inside a filled bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel room. The coroner's report stated that cocaine played a part in the death of the iconic singer and The Bodyguard actress, who had battled substance abuse for years, as did Bobby.
No drugs were found following a preliminary investigation at Bobbi Kristina's home, police had said. Her cousin and her dad's nephew, Jerod Brown, who goes by the name YF Kennedy, told E! News exclusively on Saturday that "Krissi doesn't do drugs" and also "hasn't been drinking."
Medical privacy laws mean information is restricted, but unconfirmed reports said she was in a medically induced coma to reduce swelling on the brain.
Ms Brown, 21, was found on Saturday by her husband and a friend.
The incident happened less than two weeks before the third anniversary of Whitney Houston's death.
The singer was found dead in February 2012, aged 48, in a bath in a hotel in Los Angeles.
A post-mortem examination later concluded she died of accidental drowning due to the effects of cocaine use and heart disease.'Praying for recovery'
Ms Brown was found in the bathtub on Saturday morning, Roswell police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said later in the day.
She said that Ms Brown was now at North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia, and that she was "still alive and breathing".
At a later news conference, Ms Holland said she could not comment on Ms Brown's condition because of medical privacy laws.
The police spokeswoman also noted the incident's similarity with the circumstances of Ms Brown's mother's death.
But the 21-year-old's cousin Jerod Brown told Sky News: "She's pretty good right now, she's around family.
"We're just praying for a speedy recovery, that's it... I'm pretty sure she'll be getting out of there very soon."
Mr Brown refused to comment on reports that his cousin was in a coma.
Whitney Houston was seen as the golden girl of the music industry in the 1980s and 90s, becoming one of the world's best-selling artists and the most successful soul singer of all time.
But the hits stopped in the mid-1990s after she began to abuse cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs.
Bobbi Kristina was born after the singer's tumultuous 1992 marriage to hip-hop singer Bobby Brown.
The marriage became a public spectacle and ended in divorce in 2007.
"She encourages me and inspires me," Houston once said of her daughter. "When I look at her eyes and I see myself, I go: 'OK. I can do this. I can do this.'"
Daughter of acclaimed singer, R&B standout
Brown was born in 1993 during Houston's marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown, which ended in divorce in 2007.
The
daughter of music royalty became a public figure during the mid-2000s
reality show "Being Bobby Brown," in which she frequently appeared
alongside her parents and often had a front-row seat to their marital
fireworks.
Mother and daughter even
performed together on national TV in 2009, when the two sang "My Love Is
Your Love" in Central Park on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Given the pair's close relationship, it's no surprise that Houston's death was a major blow.
Days
after her mother's body was found, a grieving Bobbi Kristina -- then 18
-- was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because she was
"overwhelmed," family friend Kim Burrell said.
"She loves hard," Burrell said then of Bobbi Kristina. "She's going to be OK, and we're going to see to it."
Married a man who was taken in by Houston
Brown
appeared on episodes of Lifetime's brief reality show "The Houstons: On
Our Own," which followed life for the family after Houston's death.
One
of that reality show's storylines revolved around Brown's relationship
with Nick Gordon, who lived with Houston and her daughter from the age
of 12.
And
in January 2014, she tweeted out a picture of wedding rings, presumably
belonging to her and Gordon, along with the words, #HappilyMarried•
SO#Inlove."
"(Houston) made me promise several times to look after Krissy ... and, Mom, I will never ever, ever break that promise," Gordon told the entertainment show "Extra" afterward, saying Houston "just treated me like she gave birth to me."
Bobbi Kristina Brown is seen in a photo she posted to Instagram around 2 a.m. EST on Saturday, January 31.
It
was unclear whether Gordon came home Saturday morning to find his wife
in the bathtub or had been in another part of the house overnight,
Holland said.
Police have obtained a search warrant to look through the house, but that's standard procedure, she said.
Concern for Brown surged again after news broke.
Music director Michael Bearden sent along "healing energy to the daughter of a late great friend." Songwriter Diane Warren tweeted, "I hope Bobbi Kristina gets the help she needs."
"Poor thing," Warren wrote. "Almost 3 yrs to the day her mom passed and the same thing almost happened to her."