Photos: Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend Nick Gordon arrested for beating & kidnapping new girlfriend

Nick Gordon, who was held legally responsible for the death of his girlfriend Bobby Kristina Brown in 2015, was arrested in Florida on Saturday afternoon for allegedly kidnapping and beating his current girlfriend.

Gordon was taken into custody by police in Sanford, Florida, on Saturday afternoon, TMZ reported.

He faces a domestic violence battery charge as well as a charge of kidnapping and false imprisonment of an adult. 

According to the gossip site, Gordon is alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend so severely that she needed to seek treatment at a hospital on Friday night.

The next morning, she appeared at a Sanford police station and filed a report claiming that she was beaten and not permitted to leave her house.

Photos of the woman obtained by TMZ show a number of black and blue marks on her left upper arm and bicep region.

There are also several discernible marks on her forearm.