Was Whitney Houston's girl Bobbi-Kristina attacked before she was found in bath? Police probe

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Police are probing a sensational claim that Whitney Houston’s daughter was attacked before being found unconscious in a bath.

Bobbi-Kristina , 21, who tonight remained in a coma and on a life-support machine, allegedly had suspicious injuries when she was discovered a week ago, say US reports.

Detectives are now probing ­allegations the 21-year-old daughter of dead superstar Whitney was ­involved in an altercation before she was found.

The alleged injuries are ­“suspicious”, according to reports in the US.

A source close to her family told the American news network CNN that she has injuries which still need to be explained.

Details of the alleged probe came amid a day of dramatic developments with fears growing that Bobbi-Kristina is near her final hours.

Those fears were heightened by the arrival of her grandmother Cissy – Whitney’s mum – at her bedside where she has been in a coma on a life-support machine for a week.

The 81-year-old reportedly sang hymns as she sat with her stricken granddaughter.

Meanwhile dad Bobby Brown, 46, who is refusing to switch off Bobbi’s life support, has asked the people of America: “Pray for a miracle.”

But some members of the Houston clan are already at war over the ­inheritance Bobbi-Kristina was due to get from her mum who was one of the world’s top-selling singers.

Bobbi’s partner Nick Gordon, 25, is believed to have told friends he thinks he should be in line for up to £10million, should she die.

The pair claimed to have married in January last year, though a lawyer for the Brown family disputed it last week, insisting the pair never legally tied the knot.

Bobbi-Kristina has been in hospital since last Saturday when she was found unconscious in the bath at her home in Roswell, Georgia.

The incident was bizarrely similar to when Whitney died aged 48 three years ago this week.

The music legend was discovered in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and was later found to have died of heart disease brought on by cocaine.

Doctors treating Bobbi-Kristina at the renowned Emory hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, have told the family there is little more they can do for the aspiring singer.

But her dad said: “Bobbi is not dead, if America think she’s dead then they won’t pray for her, please pray for her.”

Bobbi-Kristina’s cousin, Jerod Brown, also told how she is struggling and the chances of her surviving are very small.

He said: “Though it seems the odds are against her, though doctors don’t see any hope for change, though we might want to pay a ­detective and find out how she got there, it looks impossible for her to stand again.”

Devastated grandmother Cissy began gasping for air as she arrived at the hospital, leaving the family fearing for HER health.

She was said to be having heart palpitations.

It is believed the family were waiting for her to be with her beloved granddaughter before they turn off her life-support.

Just days before Bobbi-Kristina collapsed it was reported the Houston family were at loggerheads over the money she is set to inherit.

She was due to inherit Whitney’s entire estate by the time she turns 30, but her grandmother was reportedly worried she would fritter the money away. Partner Nick claims he was told by Whitney, who took him into her family when he was nine, that she would leave him some of her fortune.

Cissy has previously branded her granddaughter’s “marriage” to Nick as incestuous.

A family source said: “This is almost certainly going to be messy. There is a lot of money at stake here and it isn’t rightfully anybody’s apart from Krissy’s. So should she die, there will be a battle to win it.

“Nick believes that it should be his because Whitney promised him many years ago, and also as partner of Krissy, he should get it.

“The Houstons will be determined to fight to keep their beloved Whitney’s fortune in the family. That seems the right thing to do.”

It is thought the tension over Whitney’s estate is at the centre a number of rows which have unfolded among the relatives keeping vigil at Bobbi-Kristina’s bedside.

Friends say the relationship between her and Nick became strained in the run-up to last Saturday’s tragic discovery.

The pair were thought to be at war like Bobbi-Kristina’s parents Whitney and Bobby Brown
were in the final weeks of their 14-year marriage.

Whitney and Bobby endured a notoriously tumultuous union which ended in divorce and in him being banned from the I Will Always Love You singer’s funeral.

Pals say Bobbi-Kristina and Nick’s relationship broke down in similar fashion in recent weeks. One friend claimed: “There were many similarities ­between Bobbi-Kristina and Nick, and Whitney and Bobby.

“Nick was jealous that Bobbi-Kristina had the fame and the money that he didn’t.

“This absolutely mirrored the ­situation with Whitney and Bobby. Krissy felt tormented.

“When the two of them were filming a reality show last year, it was ­obvious for all to see that Bobbi was the one who was most in demand.

“This was difficult for Nick to ­accept. This put a huge strain on their relationship. Bobbi would often get very upset.”

In a separate incident two of Bobbi’s relatives got into a fight which was laid bare in an emergency 911 call.

According to a report released by the Atlanta Police Department family members got into a scrap while at a birthday party for Bobby Brown at the Midtown Atlanta Hotel.

The 911 caller told cops: “There is a group that is fighting at the bar and they won’t leave.”

The caller added one of the crowd had “used a glass as a weapon and cut somebody in the face”