{"id":115740,"date":"2026-01-08T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115740\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:35:06","slug":"lawsuit-blames-two-nonprofits-for-texas-college-students-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115740\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit blames two nonprofits for Texas college student’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Posted at 12:00 PM, January 8, 2026\n <\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas (Court TV) \u2014 The parents of a teenager found dead after a rivalry football game have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two nonprofits whose tailgate they say led to their daughter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\"Brianna<\/p>\n

Brianna Aguileara was found dead outside of an Austin apartment building on Nov. 29, 2025. (Stephanie Rodriguez)<\/p>\n

Brianna Aguilera<\/a>, 19, was found dead after falling seventeen stories from an apartment building in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 28, 2025. No charges have been filed in her death, which police classified as a suicide after finding a digital suicide note<\/a> dated three days prior. Aguilera\u2019s parents have pushed back against the police findings.<\/p>\n

Now, Aguilera\u2019s parents, Stephanie Rodriguez and Manuel Aguilera, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Austin Blacks Rugby Club and the UT Latin Economics and Business Association (UTLEBA), alleging negligence on the part of both nonprofits that directly led to Brianna\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Brianna, a student at Texas A&M, had traveled to Austin for the school\u2019s rivalry game against the University of Texas, according to the lawsuit. There, she obtained a ticket from a promoter to go to the tailgate, hosted by UTLEBA and held in the parking lot of Austin Blacks Rugby Club\u2019s facility.<\/p>\n

MORE |\u00a0Family demands answers after Texas A&M student found dead in Austin<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite Brianna\u2019s age, her parents say she was served an egregious amount of alcohol, with witnesses describing her as \u201cnoticeably intoxicated\u201d within a short time of her 6 p.m. arrival at the party. \u201cAs Brianna consumed more alcohol, witnesses described her behavior shifting from upbeat to disoriented and ultimately grossly intoxicated,\u201d the lawsuit says. \u201cBrianna began to stumble at the tailgate and lose physical faculties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surveillance video shows Brianna leaving the event around 10 p.m. with friends\u2019 assistance and arriving at the Austin apartment complex, where she planned to stay overnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened after Brianna entered the apartment is still under investigation. But, there is no doubt her intoxication ultimately contributed to her demise around midnight of November 28, 2025. Brianna tragically fell seventeen stories to her death.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit demands a jury trial and notes that \u201cbecause the acts complained of herein are the result of a violation of the criminal laws of Texas, the punitive damages sought by Plaintiffs are not subject to the statutory cap.\u201d To that end, the suit seeks at least $1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted at 12:00 PM, January 8, 2026 AUSTIN, Texas (Court TV) \u2014 The parents of a teenager found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,36156],"class_list":["post-115740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-brianna-aguilera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}