Saturday 1 August 2015

Fight breaks out at Bobbi Kristina funeral, as Bobby Brown's aunt attacks Pat Houston


 
The funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown descended into chaotic and rancorous scenes as a furious Leolah Brown left the service half way to tell the gathered media, 'Whitney Houston will haunt Pat Houston from the grave.'
Dressed in brown and dressed in a white hat and jacket , Bobbi's great aunt said that everything was going well until Pat Houston started to speak about 90 minutes into the service.
Addressing reporters outside St. James United Methodist Church, Brown declined to say exactly what Pat Houston had said that so incensed her, but did say that she felt compelled to get her frustrations off her chest.
'It's not over. We've got evidence of who Pat really is, this is going to be a long drawn out process,' said Leolah, was was kicked out of the service and escorted away byTyler Perry.
'Things are connected. Pat is a fraud and a phony. She is not a Houston, she's a Garland.' 
An eyewitness told TMZ that Pat Houston was preparing to speak at the funeral when Leolah stood to shout out, 'Pat, you know you are wrong for this!'
Security approached her and asked her to leave and movie mogul Tyler Perry stepped in to help to calm the situation.
She then paid tribute to Bobbi Kristina and said, 'She will be remembered in our hearts forever. It's so sad that this has happened to her.
'I'm angry at Nick, I am angry at what happened.'
'It was all fine until Pat started speaking.' See photo's after the cut......



Anger and fury: Leolah Brown (in white) speaks to the press outside Bobbi Kristina's funeral in Atlanta. The sister of Bobbi Brown aired her thoughts to the awaiting media, allegedly stating that she was very upset inside the service when Pat Houston spoke

Final respects: Monica Denise Brown  arrives for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown on Saturday where celebrity friends of her father and mother were expected to gather

Final respects: Monica Denise Brown and actor Michael Jai White arrive for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown on Saturday as celebrity friends of her father and mother paid their respects to the tragic 22-year-old



Flowers: Guests of the Brown and Houston families arrive for the funeral which started at 11am at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta


Sad day: More mourners arrive for the funeral of Kristina Bobbi Brown, the only child of singer Whitney Houston at Saint James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia 

Guests: Other mourners arrive at Bobbi Kristina Brown Funeral which began at 11am and is expected to last most of the day 

Saddness: Another mourner arrives as scores of onlookers  gathered on Saturday  for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston

One last goodbye: Friends and family of Bobbi Kristina Brown came together to say goodbye to the 22-year-old who passed away on Sunday

Smartly dressed: The security around the service for mourners arriving was tight and Alpharetta police say they were assisted by more than a dozen state troopers to manage traffic and shut down lanes to accommodate parking around the church where the service is being held

Love: Fans are turned away from attending the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown at the St. James United Methodist Church

Escort: The police motorcade arrives at the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown at the St. James United Methodist Church on August 1, 2015 in Alpharetta, Georgia

Brown's funeral at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta was private and closed to the public. But that did not deter media and members of the public

Arrival: Bobbi Kristina's casket is seen being removed from a hearse and carried into the St. James United Methodist Church ahead of her funeral services in Alpharetta, Georgia

Solemn: The hearse was escorted by two policemen on motorcycles into the parking lot of St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta

The ceremony, overseen by aunt Pat Houston, has been a source of dispute within the family amid arguments over Bobbi's $20 million inheritance
Helping hands: The casket is carried into the Saint James United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia by pallbearers 

Two police officers on motorcycles escort the hearse, a Bentley and a black SUV as they leave Murray Brothers Funeral Home for the church 

Police escort: There are reports the Brown and Houston families could avoid each other during the funeral because of a dispute over the $20m estate 

Mourning: Bobbi Kristina's aunt Pat Houston emerged looking solemn from the wake in Alpharetta, Georgia on Friday afternoon

Upset: Singer CIssy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston, is seen arriving at her granddaughter's wake amid family quarrels 

Forlorn: Bobbi Kristina's brother, Bobby Jr, was also in attendance with a large group of the Brown family 

Soon after the Houston family and friends (pictured) left the funeral home, the Brown family arrived to view Bobbi Kristina’s body, causing speculation that the families had planned to avoid each other 


A source told Daily Mail Online that Dionne Warwick (not pictured) was one of the latest family members to become involved in in-fighting, even threatening to boycott the ceremony. She was not seen on Friday

Hugs: Passers-by could see the vast family hugging on the porch, six months after Bobbi fell into a coma




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