Bobbi Kristina Brown's hospice nurse exposed as imposter
A woman who helped to care for Bobbi Kristina Brown in her final days at a Georgia hospice has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a nurse.
The only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died at the Peachtree Christian Hospice in July (15), almost six months after she was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her Roswell, Georgia home.
Now the tragedy has taken another twist after police arrested Taiwo
Sobamowo, who had been caring for the tragic 22 year old, on
suspicion of identity fraud. The woman is also facing counts of
forgery and nursing without a license, reports Atlanta's Fox 5 news
station.
Sobamowo was taken into custody in Raleigh, North Carolina over the
weekend (31Oct-01Nov15).
She has since been terminated from her employment with Homestead
Hospice and Palliative Care, which provides staff for Peachtree and
other medical facilities, and has been reported to state nursing
officials.
Amanda McKissick, the company's Regional Director of Operations,
says, "We understand that we are not the only hospice that she has
gained fraudulent employment with, and we are relieved that she is
no longer practising."
It is not known if Brown's care was affected by Sobamowo, but
police reportedly do not believe she obtained work at Peachtree
just to get close to the famous offspring.
The Brown and Houston families have yet to comment on the news,
which emerges a day after Bobbi Kristina's aunt, Pat Houston,
revealed she and other relatives had been planning to send the
troubled youth to rehab shortly before her near-drowning incident
at her home in January (15).
"When we really found out that Krissy was in trouble, we were
really making plans to do something about it," she told news show
Entertainment Tonight, "but it came too late."
Bobbi Kristina's initial autopsy proved inconclusive and the
coroner's final report was sealed to keep her cause of death
private.
Her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, is facing a wrongful death lawsuit
filed by the tragic youth's court-appointed co-conservator, Bedelia
Hargrove, who claims the couple's relationship had grown
increasingly volatile in the lead up to her health crisis, which
she alleges was triggered by a "toxic cocktail" Gordon gave his
girlfriend, rendering her unconscious, on the night of 31 January
(15). Gordon's lawyer has slammed the allegations.