Overview
- Aguilera’s parents filed a Travis County wrongful-death lawsuit seeking at least $1 million from the Austin Blacks Rugby Club and UT Latin Economics and Business Association, alleging illegal overservice of alcohol to their 19-year-old daughter.
- At a Tuesday news conference, neighbor Dana Rodriguez said she heard arguing, a group leaving around 12:30 a.m., and screams near the 17th-floor unit, and she asserted Austin police never interviewed her.
- Austin police maintain the case is not being investigated as a homicide and cite evidence indicating self-harm, including a deleted digital note dated Nov. 25 and an argument on a borrowed phone shortly before the fall, while saying the investigation remains open.
- Attorney Tony Buzbee disputes the police timeline, alleges officers discouraged witnesses from speaking to the family’s team, and says the lawsuit will enable subpoenas for phone records, documents, video, and compelled testimony.
- The medical examiner has not released an official cause or manner of death, and the family says they will continue pursuing additional witness accounts and records through legal discovery.