Camp Mystic files for 11 bankruptcy after flood deaths

The owners of Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where 28 people died in catastrophic flooding last July, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Wednesday, a move that halts multiple lawsuits from grieving families. The filing comes nearly a year after the disaster and follows a damning state investigation that found the camp grossly unprepared for the storm.

The flash floods along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025, killed 25 girls between the ages of 8 and 10, two teenage counselors, and the camp's co-owner, Richard "Dick" Eastland, who died attempting rescues. The camp is located near Hunt in Kerr County, an area known as "Flash Flood Alley." The incident was part of broader flooding that claimed at least 136 lives across the region.

In court documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the camp's operators listed debts exceeding $10 million. Estimates of its assets varied in the filings, ranging from under $500,000 to up to $10 million. The bankruptcy automatically pauses all civil litigation against the camp as it seeks to reorganize its finances.

Multiple lawsuits, first filed last November by families of nine victims, accuse...