>> reporter: born in livingston, new jersey in 1993 she was the only child of houston and bobby brown. at just 12 years old, her family's drama was turned into reality tv fodder on "being bobby brown." then in 2012 tragedy. whitney died suddenly. her shocking death sending bobbi to sidecedar sinai. as bobbi tried to recover from the loss she went to houstons. esfranged from her father for nearly two and a half years after whitney's death she showed this photo of them reuniting in 2014. her parents struggled with addiction and bobbi too faced allegations of drug use. >> i wanted to do the right thing. all i'm trying to do is guide