Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy after 28 people died in 2025 Texas floods | Texas floods 2025
Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 28 people died in floods last July, has filed for bankruptcy, according to court records.
In a Chapter 11 filing filed Wednesday in Texas’ southern district, camp owners said the camp’s total debt “exceeds $10 million.”
The application comes several months after Camp Mystic halted plans to reopen this summer amid growing anger and criticism from victims’ families and state officials. Since the disaster, the camp and its owners have faced intense questioning, scrutiny and criticism from victims’ families and state lawmakers for their response to the devastating July 4th flood that killed 25 campers, two teenage counselors and the camp’s owner, Dick Eastland.
State investigators were released earlier this month a report details his initial findings about the tragedy. Inspectors found that the camp “did not provide adequate training to staff in case of emergencies” and lacked adequate “advance emergency planning.”
The report also found that there were at least “39 adults” at the camp, as well as youth counselors who “could be tasked with assisting with an orderly flood evacuation,” but that “there was no plan for them to do this and no training to prepare them for what to do.”
Several victims’ families filed lawsuits against the camp and the Eastland family. owned and operated Camp Mystic accuses them of “gross negligence.”
In multiple lawsuits, many families described the tragedy as “entirely preventable” and alleged camp leaders ignored known flood risks, failed to implement adequate safety procedures and failed to protect campers and counselors.
Earlier this year, a Texas judge ordered While the lawsuit continues, camp leaders must protect damaged cabins and land affected by the flood.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the families of five deceased campers and two counselors. blames the camp It “puts profit over safety” and claims to have chosen to house campers “in cabins in flood-prone areas despite the risk” to “avoid the cost” of relocating cabins.
An attorney for Camp Mystic said in a statement last year that the camp “empathizes with the families of the campers and counselors and with all the families who lost loved ones in the horrific and unprecedented flooding in the Hill Country.” [4 July]”.
The lawyer said they aimed to “show and prove that the sudden increase in floodwaters was several times greater than any previous flood in the area, that it was unexpected, and that there was no adequate warning system in the area.”
“We disagree with many of the accusations and misinformation contained in the legal filings regarding Camp Mystic and the actions of the deceased Dick Eastland,” the attorney added. “We will respond to these accusations in detail in due course,” he said.
