The family of Brianna Marie Aguilera, a Texas A&M sophomore, has launched a high-stakes $1 million lawsuit, pinning blame on two student groups who allegedly plied her with booze before her fatal plunge from a tower block.
Legal eagle Tony Buzbee revealed on Monday that Brianna’s devastated parents, Stephanie Rodriguez and Manuel Aguilera, are taking on the Austin Blacks Rugby Club and UT’s Latin Economics and Business Association, demanding answers and justice in Travis County court.
It was the early hours of November 29, 2025, when Brianna, just 19 years old, tumbled from the 17th-floor balcony at 21 Rio Apartments, steps away from the University of Texas campus. Hours prior, she’d joined a raucous tailgate party ahead of the much-hyped Lone Star Showdown football clash between Texas and Texas A&M. The suit claims Brianna, not yet of legal drinking age, was continuously served alcohol at the event – and that her condition worsened dramatically as the night wore on.
Witnesses say Brianna’s demeanor shifted from lively to incoherent at the tailgate. According to the suit, she ended up so drunk that she couldn’t walk unassisted, with friends propping her up and helping her move around.
Yet the aftermath has sparked an even greater storm. At a December 4 police press conference, Austin PD insisted Brianna’s death was suicide. But her grieving relatives aren’t buying it – and claim police botched the probe from day one. The official timeline places Brianna at the tailgate between 4 and 5 p.m., but her parents insist she arrived closer to 6.
The complaints don’t stop there. Dannah Rodriguez, who lived right across the hall from the tragedy spot and spoke up at the Monday news conference, claims nobody from APD ever knocked on her door – or set foot inside the apartment for interviews. She remembers hearing heated arguments and ‘bloodcurdling screams’ around 12:30 a.m., just minutes before Brianna’s deadly fall. Her only contact with law enforcement? A one-size-fits-all text blasted to everyone in 21 Rio.
The lawsuit seeks upwards of $1 million in damages, including punitive and other financial relief, aiming to hold the responsible parties to task for the heartbreaking loss.
Since the night that turned their lives upside down, Brianna’s family has fiercely challenged the police’s version of events, rejecting any notion that her demise was self-inflicted or merely accidental. The fight for answers shows no signs of slowing down.
