Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp where 28 people died in last July’s catastrophic Texas floods, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Wednesday.
The camp listed debts between $10 million and $50 million and estimated its assets between $1 million and $10 million in documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
Families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who lost their lives in last summer’s disaster sued the camp’s operators in November, maintaining they didn’t take adequate precautions to protect those under their care. Richard Eastland, the camp’s owner, also died as the rising Guadalupe River submerged parts of the camp.
Camp Mystic’s bankruptcy filing comes weeks after the facility reversed course on plans to reopen this summer and take on some 900 campers. The plan faced withering criticism from families and lawmakers, who criticized the owners for moving ahead despite the lawsuit and continued scrutiny of the site’s safety practices.
Established in 1926 by The University of Texas coach E.J. “Doc” Stewart, Camp Mystic has played host to children or grandchildren of Texas governors and well-heeled residents of the Lone Star State. Former First Lady Laura Bush served as a counselor when she was in college.
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