After being ordered by an Atlanta judge to appear in court, Nick Gordon’s failure to appear in Bobbi Kristina Brown's wrongful death civil suit and his absence has rendered him responsible in the $50 million lawsuit. To be clear, this is a default judgement because Gordon did not show up.

Reporter Jennifer Leslie tweeted, "#BREAKING - By ignoring court, Nick Gordon found responsible for wrongful death of Bobbi Kristina Brown. #11Alive."

R. David Ware, a lawyer for Brown’s conservator, said after the ruling, “In court today, we finally finished a long journey for justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown." The lawyer continued, "The court agrees with us, by striking Mr. Gordon’s answer that he is legally responsible for her death. The only thing left to prove is the value of her life. We intend to do that."

Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said because Gordon has failed to appear twice, that anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission.

Brown's attorneys cited Gordon’s April 28 interview with Dr. Phil as evidence that the 26-year-old openly flouted and “ignored this lawsuit and its consequences.”

In the interview, Gordon alleged that Brown had turned to drugs after the death of her mother, superstar singer Whitney Houston.

One week after Gordon's interview with the celeb doc, Brown’s father, Bobby Brown, added his name to the wrongful death lawsuit.

In the interview he hit back and those who have accused him in the death of both Houston and Brown, saying, "Regardless of what everybody thinks, I made Krissy and Whitney's last few years on earth as happy as they would be." Gordon also said, "I gave them somebody to trust to, to talk to, to be there, someone genuine."

Gordon’s shocking interview also led the conservator for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate to file a renewed motion against Gordon for his choice to speak on television about the ongoing case.

“The defendant ignores this Court's mandates but freely discusses his role in the incident which led to the horrific injuries to decedent Bobbi Kristina,” the court document stated.

Brown died in August 2015, after being found unresponsive in her bath tub several months earlier.