Nick Gordon has been in the hot seat in Bobbi Kristina’s bathtub tragedy ever since police launched a criminal investigation of Gordon over injuries found on Bobbi’s face. Since then Gordon has denied claims that he’s been uncooperative in the investigation. However, a new report reveals that Gordon filed a restraining order to stop the investigation.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a spokesperson for Gordon’s lawyer confirmed that Gordon filed a petition for a temporary restraining order on Monday “to protect his interests. However Mr. Gordon has since elected to dismiss the claim in an effort to help Roswell PD speed up their investigation.”
According to court documents filed in Fulton County Superior Court, Gordon filed the TRO to block police from carrying out a search warrant involving a security camera. The TRO also would have served to block the company Nest from complying with the warrant.
“The search warrant violates the Fourth Amendment in that it is overly broad and seeks private data ‘without limitation,’ and fails to narrowly limit the scope of the data sought by date or other characteristics,” according to court documents.
“Plaintiff, Nicholas Gordon, is a customer of Nest Labs, (which) owns and operates a ‘dropcam’ wWeb-based security company. On Feb. 12, 2015, Nest notified via email its customer, Nicholas Gordon …that it had received ‘legal process’ for data and documents related to the account and that it intended to comply,” read the documents.
The document goes on to read that the issue at hand is a breach of privacy.
“Privacy, in the context of stored information includes the right to control how stored information is communicated and prevent its abuse. lt is more than just confidentiality of data. The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution implicitly governs in its very core that Americans have a reasonable expectation of privacy which inherently extends to the right to control their own data and access thereto,” the documents read.
“There is an insufficient link between the crime alleged in the search warrant, specifically ‘possession of a controlled substance,” the documents add.
In any case, the criminal investigation is still ongoing and spokeswoman Lisa Holland said the matter “may or may not result in criminal charges being brought against individuals. This remains an active investigation and the Roswell Police has no further statement or information to release at this time.”
Well, it’s a good thing that Gordon decided to drop the TRO. Right now, it’s best that he not do anything to add to the high amount of suspicion surrounding him, and for all involved parties, it’s best the investigation be completed as quickly as possible.
