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Nick Gordon is drinking heavily and seeking comfort in the company of a female friend after falling off the wagon following a stint in rehab Daily Mail Online can reveal.

According to one eye-witness, the beleaguered boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown has been seen 'drunk as a skunk' and 'falling down drunk' near the Orlando, Florida duplex where he is currently holed up as Bobbi Kristina's – and his own – fate hangs in the balance.

It is five days since Bobbi Kristina was moved from her hospital bed to a hospice in Atlanta. Gordon, 25, has been banned from his former lover's bedside and is now subject to a $40million lawsuit, brought by Bobbi Kristina's legal conservator.