Court Battle Intensifies Over Deadly Hill Country Floods-Camp Mystic Faces Key Hearing

A key court hearing is scheduled this week in the lawsuit against Camp Mystic following last summer’s deadly Hill Country floods. The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward, who remains missing, is asking a judge to keep restrictions in place at the camp’s Guadalupe River site while the case moves forward. Attorneys accuse camp leaders of failing to take steps to protect campers as floodwaters rose on July 4, 2025. Camp Mystic has appealed an earlier injunction and says the flooding was unprecedented. Texas Rangers are now assisting state health officials in investigating complaints of neglect. The hearing could last several days.