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# TBS Today, Dec. 16
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/17/newsletters/tbs-today-dec-16-2025/
- Published: 2025-12-17T00:07:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-17T00:07:52.000Z
- Description: Fraternity fall lawsuit.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A young woman who was paralyzed after a catastrophic fall at a UC Berkeley fraternity during a "grossly overcrowded" party on Cal Day has now filed a lawsuit, court papers show.

We check the court files daily and broke the news today.

[UC Berkeley student files lawsuit after frat party fallBandna Bhatti, then 21, was just weeks from graduating when she fell 14 feet from a backyard stairway landing onto the concrete below.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1425.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/1760039297354.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/16/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-student-files-lawsuit-after-frat-party-fall/)

### In other news

Yesterday we broke the news of the identity of the man who was killed in Saturday's fatal scooter crash. Other media have followed our lead.

[Man dead after solo scooter crash in BerkeleyThe police investigation is underway.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1426.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/Photo-Dec-13-2025--9-12-33-PM-2.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/14/traffic-safety/man-dead-berkeley-solo-scooter-crash/)

We also broke the original story over the weekend.

It's the type of news that might never have been reported without our dogged pursuit, at all hours, of serious Berkeley public safety stories.

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### In case you missed it

[Police shooting: Jason Fletcher manslaughter case dismissedFormer San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher fatally shot Steven Taylor in a Walmart store in 2020\. The case has dragged on for years.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-1427.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/BI6A3405-2.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/13/courts/jason-fletcher-manslaughter-case-dismissed/)

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