HOUSTON FAMILY LAWYER: BOBBY BROWN KNOWS THE RULES
February 22, 2012
So it appears that Bobby Brown violated a prior agreement made with the Houston family that he wouldn’t speak to his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, unless she reached out to him first.
In an interview on Atlanta’s V-103, the Houston family’s lawyer provided more details surrounding the incident at Whitney Houston’s home going service that resulted in his abrupt exit (via My Brown Baby):
In an attempt to clarify what happened on Saturday afternoon, Mark Trigg, the family attorney, said that Brown had agreed that he wouldn’t approach Bobbi Kristina unless she reached out to him first. The agreement also stipulated that while Brown could sit in the first three rows with Whitney’s family, Brown’s other children were supposed to sit in the back with their uncle. But Brown wanted all of his children to sit with him, and he also tried to approach Bobbi Kristina to comfort her—prompting security to move in.
Security “discretely, politely, respectfully asked the children to sit with their uncle,” Trigg told WVEE-FM in Atlanta, according to a report on the website, reddingnewsreview.com.
When Brown tried to go to Bobbi Kristina to comfort her, “he was asked to return to his seat,” Trigg said. “He decided that he wanted to leave the service.” The lawyer acknowledged that it was a difficult day and that anyone could exercise poor judgment under such trying circumstances.
Okay, so he broke “the rules.” I get that in principle, but who was that made a rule in the first play? What has taken place in he and his daughter’s relationship that he can’t just talk to her without invitation? Heaven be a family therapy session. – Michael Arceneaux
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12 Commentsto “HOUSTON FAMILY LAWYER: BOBBY BROWN KNOWS THE RULES”
These people are making it impossible for BK to survive the death of her mother in one piece. The girl has lost one parent and the other parent is barred from comforting her? Ridiculous. That girl needs a hug from the only parent that she has left. Isolating her when she’s already feeling lost and alone? How will that solve anything? Going to rehab and talking to strangers is not going to fill the void in her life right now. The only thing that can do that is family. Father, brothers and sisters AND a loving, thoughtful Grandmother. She needs to be surrounded by all of the love that she can get right now. Grandma, don’t push your granddaugter away by denying her the love and support that she knows is available to her. She’s a grown woman now and she can handle her father. She knows him better than anyone else.
May God bless Bobby Kristina,and the entire Houston family. Not knowing about Whitney’s finances,but I sincerely hope that everything is handled privately through a trust. Often trust spell out that the beneficiaries money is to be managed by a trustee and used for their benefit, for things like education,health and living expenses,but not given directly to them to control and spend…In fact,trust can be even more creative,such as those with drug and alcohol language that requires beneficiaries to be clean before they receive their money.
Did Bobby Brown(BB)sexually abuse Bobby Kristina(BK)? Did BB influence BK to do drugs and alcohol? If he was there as a father, (no matter if he had problems)then why are you keeping BB away from BK. Who is being controlling in this matter? We as Black people talk about the Black Man not being there but he was there for his daughter.maybe not to your expectations. I am sure that it caused him alot of pain to hear that his first and long time wife Whitney passed away, but for there be more drama in BK’s life at this moment you should not want that, it is just going to push her closer to things that you are trying to keep her from and that is a choice that she is going to make, and where or whom will be the blame? Whitney (Rest.In.Peace) because there is a lot, of lot, of mess going on on this earth right now and you need not worry because God is going to handle it. PLEASE LORD, INTERVENE IN THIS FAMILYS LIFE SO THEY CAN BE AT PEACE WITH THEMSELVES AS WELL AS WITH OTHERS. To: The Family of Whitney Houston, let God be your guide and not of your own. Let thy Lord have this wheel, let him steer this here boat. We outsiders do not know what went on prior to Whitney’s death (Rest.In.Peace) because we are on the outside looking in and getting info from the media. What you failed to realize is that if it was not for BB, BK would not exist. Talk to her and let her know that she still has a father to mourn with. God Bless.
I don’t think this decision was made w/o BK. If she wanted to talk to him, she would have. Remember, she grew up in the house with them and knows far more than we could ever know. Being her father doesn’t give him the right to violate the agreement he accepted beforehand. BK doesn’t owe him anything. She knows her daddy better than we do and that is probably why this agreement was made. BB is making the whole ordeal more painful than it has to be and if he cares about BK so much, why create drama at the funeral over seating? Why try to push a tell-all book (again)? It’s BK’s decision and I respect it. BB is chasing paychecks, period.
My prayers go out to the entire family. Dear God, comfort and bless them all. There are many hurts.
Whitney may you rest in peace. Bk is having the most difficult time in her not only did she loose her BESTFRIEND, but she lost a mother that was there for no matter the circumstances in life. Now as a family and lawyer keeping away Bb will only make things worst. Just as the family is grieving so is Bb. He might did things that no one like, but he loved Whitney and BK like no other. So for a paper saying a father can’t comfort his daughter in their both time of need is just BS…. This is for family not for lawyers, they might have her best intrest in heart but what they are doing making it worst. Cissy as her grandmother knows she needs her father he is the only parent she has left. Cissy was there when Whitney father died so I say let her father be there for her…
it saddens me that a big time christian such as cissy houston, can not forgive bobby brown.how can she serve a God of love and forgiveness,if she cant love and forgive.bobbi kris might not think it now, but sooner or later she will need her daddy.he may not be man of the year or daddy of the year but he is still her father.
It’s just a matter of time before Bobby Brown will be reunited with his daughter to see and speak to one another even if it is for just a few moments. No family, friends, all the so-called loved ones, the useless, neglectful “entourage” had the right to interfere. Bobbi Kristina did not have to listen and obey any stupid, selfish decisions these people made to begin with, no one could have actually stopped her from seeing and speaking to her father if she truly wanted to at the time.
What a shame. Bobby Brown is Bobbi Kristina’s father and should be allowed to see his daughter. I bet Bobbi Kristina is being told negative things about her father and told not to see him. What happened to Cissy Houston’s religion? I guess she lost it. It really doesn’t say much about her. Sadly, but perhaps she had that kind of negative impact on her daughter, Whitney. Let’s pray that the entire family would come to their senses and help to save Bobbi Kristina. She needs her father.
It just seems to me that Bobby Brown is being unfairly treated by Whitney’s family. Quite frankly, they should just stay out of it and leave Bobby Brown and his daughter alone. Let them work things out on their own. Bobbi Kristina lost one parent and sooner or later, she is going to need her father. The sooner the family members realize this, the better.
I just don’t get this? Is this ruling in writing and notarized or something? Bobbi Kristina is 18 isn’t she so why would she or her Dad have to abide by some kind of rules,that was probably put into place when she was underage and that way the Houston family could keep him under control. My question is DOES BOBBI KRISTINA WANT TO SEE OR BE IN HER FATHER’S LIFE OR NOT? She has one parent left so what is she waiting for to see him in his coffin then she will react! Life is tooo short. She needs to make up her mind, tell her Dad what the deal will be and then move on, because this make absolutely no sense!
I watched the funeral from start to finish. It was beautiful very moving. I think her daughter should not be kept from her father. She needs to be comforted by her father. I see nothing wrong with him wanting his other children sitting with him. He needed comforting also. One thing that struck me, watching the casket being taken out the church, why wasn’t bobbi k walking behind it instead of cissy? after all bobbi k is her next of kin is she not? I think kevin costner did a wonderful job, as well as bb winan. Bobbi k was close to her mother and she should be with her father if she wants. They may regret her not being able to have time with her father. RIP WHITNEY guide your in the right direction.