Nick Gordon, the man Whitney Houston’s family say contributed to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death, has been arrested in Florida for domestic violence.
Gordon was taken into custody by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in the early hours of Saturday morning following an incident with his girlfriend Laura Leal.
Officers were called to Gordon’s home for a possible disturbance and found 26-year-old Leal with a bloody swollen bottom lip, according to his arrest report.
Leal told authorities she had picked the 28-year-old up from a bar and was driving him home when he punched her in her right cheek several times and pulled her hair.
Nick Gordon, the man Whitney Houston’s family say contributed to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death, was been arrested in Florida for domestic violence on Saturday
She said the pair continued arguing when they returned home.
Leal refused medical treatment and declined to press charges.
The officer arrested Gordon based on Leal’s injuries and her statement, the arrest report states.
He was arrested on a battery charge of touching or striking, which also listed domestic violence.
He was given a bond of $500 and was released from custody.
His next court appearance for the recent charge is listed as April 6.
The 28-year-old is the one who found Houston’s daughter and his then-girlfriend, Bobbi Kristina, dead and face down in a bathtub three years ago after a night of partying and arguing.
Brown’s autopsy revealed she had marijuana, alcohol, a cocaine-related substance, anxiety medication, and morphine in her system, but her manner of death has been labeled ‘undetermined’ as they can’t tell if it was intentional or accidental.
Gordon was held legally accountable for Bobbi Kristina’s death in 2015 after he didn’t show up for a court hearing in the $36million civil suit brought against him by her family.
Gordon was taken into custody by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in the early hours of Saturday morning following an incident with his girlfriend Laura Leal
He was previously arrested for allegedly kidnapping and beating his girlfriend for six hours in June last year.
The woman, Laura Leal, later withdraw the charges following his arrest and petitioned the judge to have the case dismissed in August.
The pair told DailyMailTV in October that they had reconciled with Leal, 26, saying she had been the aggressor in the incident.
Gordon’s arrest on Saturday comes less than two weeks after his ex’s father Bobby Brown came out and shockingly said he wanted to see him locked up and ‘raped’.
Brown told Rolling Stone that the wrongful death lawsuit wasn’t enough and he wanted to see Gordon punished.
‘He’s still walking around free,’ Brown said.
‘If he was locked up somewhere where somebody can rape him, that’s just how I feel. He raped me by taking my daughter away.’