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Bobbi Kristina won’t be taken off life support this week

The family of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's only child Bobbi Kristina are not yet giving up hope that she could come out of her three week long coma and fully recover.

Bobbi Kristina Brown, who has been hospitalised since she was found unconscious in her bathtub on Jan. 31, will not be taken off life support this week, Bobby Brown’s lawyer Christopher Brown reportedly told PEOPLE magazine.

The lawyer calls reports of such activity “false.”

The only child of the late Whitney Houston and R&B star Bobby Brown remains at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and a close relative reportedly told PEOPLE the situation remains dire.

“There hasn’t been a change in the past week,” the family member said Sunday.

Three days ago TMZ reported that the 21-year-old’s organs were “shutting down” and said that family members confirmed her brain function was minimal.

Bobbi Kristina was found by partner Nick Gordon, face down and unresponsive in the bathtub of her Georgia home three weeks ago in circumstances so eerily similar to that of her mother, legendary pop Queen, Whitney Houston.

Houston was 48 when she was found drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in LA in 2012.

Authorities reportedly found a cocktail of prescription pills in her suite and listed heart disease and cocaine use as contributors – Houston’s battle with substance abuse had been the fodder of media headlines for many years in the lead up to her death.

Bobbi Kristina was only 18 years old at the time of her mother’s death and is the sole heir to her estate.

February 11 marked the three year anniversary since Whitney’s death and Brown has reportedly suffered deep emotional hardship since.

The aspiring singer was reportedly involved in a car crash days before being found unresponsive by her boyfriend and friend Max Lomas.

According to PEOPLE, Brown reportedly lost control while driving her Jeep and crashed with another vehicle on Jan. 27, injuring two people.

The Roswell Police Department in Georgia confirmed on Feb. 11 that the case involving Brown’s bathtub incident is a criminal investigation.

“The incident has always been under criminal investigation,” the police said in a press release. “Criminal investigations may or may not result in criminal charges being brought against individuals.”

At this stage, few details about Bobbi Kristina’s medical condition have been officially released but her father, Bobby Brown said he still has hope for recovery.

“We continue to request privacy in this matter,” said Mr Brown in a statement to E! news. “We thank everyone that supports Bobbi Kristina and God is hearing our prayers.”

Another man hoping for Bobbi’s recovery is Whitney Houston’s former Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner.

Costner – who gave a touch eulogy at the funeral of Whitney Houston in 2012 – says Bobbi Kristina’s fate isn’t yet sealed.

“My thoughts are probably similar to everyone, which is obviously, the similarities, what’s going on, the worry that this might have happened again,” he told America’s Nightline. “Where is this little girl going to go when you lose your mother?”

He added, “I hope that God opens her eyes and lets her breathe and lets her brain work, and she gets a second chance.”

Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina arrive at the Clive Davis And The Recording Academy’s 2011.

Tender moment: Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina arrive at the 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala.

Bobbi Kristina Brown and Whitney Houston perform in Central Park on September 1, 2009 in New York City.

Singer of Academy Award winning duet ‘When you believe’ Whitney Houston with daughter on the Oscar’s red carpet.

Whitney Houston, daughter Kristina and Bobby Brown in 2003.

Whitney Houston kisses her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during the 1st Annual BET Awards June 19, 2001 at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Happier times: Bobby Brown, Minnie Mouse, daughter Bobbi Kristina, Whitney Houston and Mickey Mouse at The Princess Diaries 2 premiere.

Singer Bobby Brown and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown attend the Eighth Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 15, 1994.

Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown attend Brown’s 25th Birthday Party on February 4, 1994 at Tavern on the Green in New York City.

Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown attend The Preacher’s Wife New York City Premiere on December 9, 1996 in NYC.

Whitney Houston carries her daughter, Bobbi Kristina from the red carpet.

Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and Bobbi Kristina Brown attend the Fourth Annual International Achievement in Arts Awards on October 11, 1998 at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston and Baby Bobbi snapped at California International Airport in Los Angeles in 1995.

Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina in 2002.

Whitney’s mother Cissy Houston and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina Brown attend ‘The Houstons: On Our Own’ Series Premiere Party at Tribeca Grand Hotel on October 22, 2012 in New York City.

Bobbi Kristina with partner, Nick Gordon.

Bobbi Kristina with singer Jennifer Hudson at the Pre-Grammy Gala in 2011.

Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon attends the GRAMMY Gift Lounge during the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

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