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Texas A&M Student Brianna Aguilera Falls 17 Stories — Family Says Police Got It Wrong | $1M Lawsuit Filed
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On November 29, 2025, 19-year-old Brianna Aguilera fell from a 17th-floor balcony at the 21 Rio Apartments in Austin, Texas. She had been in town for the Texas A&M vs. Texas football game, tailgating with friends before ending up at a friend's apartment in West Campus. By 1 a.m., she was dead. Five days later, Austin Police declared it a suicide — without a completed autopsy, without toxicology results, and without processing a rape kit that had been collected.
Her family says that's not good enough.
Attorney Tony Buzbee, representing Brianna's parents, has publicly accused APD of conducting a "lazy" and "shoddy" investigation. A neighbor who lived across the hall has come forward claiming she heard screaming, arguing, and what sounded like a fight on the balcony in the minutes before Brianna went over. That same neighbor says police never entered the apartment and never interviewed her.
Now the family has filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Austin Blacks Rugby Club and the UT Latin Economics and Business Association — the organizations that hosted the tailgate where Brianna was allegedly overserved alcohol despite being underage. But the lawsuit isn't just about accountability. It's about access — to witnesses, phone records, and evidence the family believes APD ignored.
Brianna's mother, Stephanie Rodriguez, says her daughter was afraid of heights and would never have jumped. She's calling for a second autopsy and demanding the Texas Rangers take over the investigation.
Was this a suicide? An accident? Or something worse? The answers aren't in yet — and that's exactly the problem.
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