Bobbi Kristina Brown's friend speaks out

Bobbi Kristina Brown. Photo / Getty Images

Bobbi Kristina Brown's confidante has broken her silence about the 22-year-old's desperate final months, as the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown clings to life in a US hospice.

Alex Reid tells E! News Bobbi Kristina appeared to be scared and upset when she called her three weeks before she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at the Atlanta home she shared with boyfriend Nick Gordon.

In her exclusive TV interview, due to air in the US, Reid claims Bobbi Kristina was hiding from Gordon in her late mother's closet.

"She was sobbing. Nick had hit her and she was scared. She was very upset. She didn't know what to do. It was as if she didn't have anyone else to turn to. It was heartbreaking," Reid recalls.

Reid explains she has kept her last conversation with Bobbi Kristina to herself until now because she didn't want to betray her friend.

But she now believes its her duty to speak on her dying friend's behalf.

"I feel like I have to be a voice for her now," Reid says.

Brown's California-based friend admits she never witnessed Gordon abusing Bobbi Kristina, but said her pal would FaceTime her every time she was distraught or "when something had just happened - or show me a bruise."

Police are still investigating Bobbi Kristina's final hours and Reid believes she can provide important evidence.

"There are things that I know that no one else does and I hope that by speaking out I can help the investigation in some way."

Reid also claims she tried, on many occasions, to convince Bobbi Kristina to leave Gordon.

"It was a desperate love. She felt like she couldn't do anything without him.

"She said she didn't blame Nick, she blamed his temper. It was just that he couldn't control it. She didn't think it was his fault."

Reid's exclusive interview comes a week after Bobbi Kristina's conservator served Gordon with legal papers, accusing him of abusing his girlfriend and stealing funds from her bank account while she battled for life following her near-drowning in January.

Just hours earlier, Bobbi Kristina's family revealed she had been moved into hospice care.

- WENN