PICTURED: Loved-up couple pose before girlfriend pushes him overboard to his death

A girl who allegedly shoved her Texas college fling off a boat while they were flirting during a deadly boat party in 2019 posted a photo of the pair together nearly a month after his death. 

Delaney Brennan and Jack Elliot, 19, had been ‘kissing’ when she gave him a ‘playful shove’ that left him overboard before hitting a propeller and drowning in the water at around 8.30pm in October 2019. 

After witnesses lied to police about what happened to Jack and insisted his death was caused by merely falling off the boat himself – Delaney posted a photo of her and the late 19-year-old on social media. 

Delaney has since been indicted on a felony charge of tampering with evidence by aiding in the deletion of a cellphone video. She could face up to 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine. 

The black and white photo posted in November 2019 shows off the couple leaning into one another as Delaney clings onto Jack’s arm while he is holding a beverage in a tin can.

Fashion student Delaney, now 21, also revealed she got a tattoo of Jack’s initials on her wrist after the tragedy so that she can remember how much ‘he loved life.’

Jack Elliott, 19, a Texas Christian University freshman, was allegedly pushed off a boat while out on a lake near Austin in October 2019. He was struck by the boat’s propeller and died

Posting onto social media, Delaney (pictured) wrote: ‘I’m still messed up from this and my parents are here with me now, but we don’t know much still. I just feel like guilty … and I don’t think I have ever been this sad. I was the last person to touch him’

In an affidavit, another teen said panicked Delaney kept repeating: ‘He fell! I didn’t mean to push him’ after the ordeal. Despite the lawsuit being settled privately, Delaney Brennan was indicted on a felony charge of tampering with evidence by aiding in the deletion of a cellphone video. She could face up to 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine

Fashion student Delaney, now 21, later revealed she got a tattoo of Jack’s initials on her wrist after the tragedy so that she can remember how much ‘he loved life.’

Jack’s grieving family knew there was more to the story than what the teenagers admitted and sought the truth by launching a wrongful death lawsuit in 2020.  

In her own deposition, Texas Christian University student Delaney revealed how she had tattooed Jack’s initials onto her wrist. 

She said: ‘I did that because I wanted to always have something to remember him by. 

‘When I looked down I wanted to remember how much he loved life and it kind of gave me a reminder to always live my life to the fullest and to do everything in life to basically live up to what he would have done.’

Posting onto social media and writing to friends, she said: ‘I’m still messed up from this and my parents are here with me now, but we don’t know much still. 

‘I just feel like guilty … and I don’t think I have ever been this sad. I was the last person to touch him.’ 

Following Jack’s death in 2019, Delaney also posted a tribute to him on her Instagram. 

She wrote: ‘Jack Elliot was one of the best people I’ve ever met.

‘He never failed to put a smile on my face, no matter the situation, and after only being best friends with him for two months, we formed such a special bond/friendship that I will cherish forever.’

She continued, ‘I love you endlessly with my whole heart and miss you so so so much.’

However, she is now one of five students facing criminal charges after the justice system weighed in and concluded they have a case to answer for – mainly concerning the alleged story cover-up. 

Delaney Brennan (far left) allegedly pushed Jack (far right) into the water while flirting with him at the front of a boat in October 2019. The pair are seen with a group of friends prior to the fatal incident

Jack, who was 19 at the time, had been partying and drinking together with 11 other teens on the waters of Lake Travis, a manmade lake, northwest of Austin.

Jack’s body was found 10 days after he drowned more than 100 feet below the surface. Earlier on in the investigation, witnesses on the boat attempted to coverup what really happened

Posting onto social media and writing to friends, Delaney said in a tribute to Jack: ‘I love you endlessly with my whole heart and miss you so so so much.’

A witness changed her testimony since 2019 and now claims she saw Jack Elliot fall from the bow of a 22-foot boat after Delaney, pushed him while flirting out on the waters of Lake Travis, a manmade lake, northwest of Austin.

Teens who were present on the boat attempted to conceal the truth by lying to officials, pleading ignorance to Jack’s family, and dumping their booze bottles off the side of the boat.

The true circumstances were only revealed in a wrongful death lawsuit launched by Jack’s grieving family in 2020. 

Elle Weber, another teen on the boat, detailed in a sworn statement in the suit: ‘Delaney and Jack were at the front of the boat, flirting and kissing. 

‘She gave Jack a “playful little shove” and he fell off the boat.’

In an affidavit, another teen said panicked Delaney kept repeating: ‘He fell! I didn’t mean to push him’ after the ordeal. 

She will appear for a pre-trial at the Travis County Criminal Court on August 17. Delaney’s attorney, Dan Dworin, declined to comment on the case. 

Jack, 19, (pictured) had been ‘kissing’ the girl he was flirting with when she gave him a ‘playful shove’ that left him overboard before hitting a propeller and drowning in the water at around 8.30pm. The group were on Lake Travis, a manmade lake, northwest of Austin, in October 2019

 A witness changed her 2019 testimony and said she saw Delaney push Jack off the boat

Texas Parks and Wildlife wrote in a report that Jack Elliott was pushed by Delaney Brennan (pictured)

Mystery surrounded the circumstances of how Jack came to end up in the water after the witnesses ‘concocted’ a story to coverup the truth from authorities. 

A total of 12 students from the university were enjoying an afternoon of drinking and wakeboarding when the tragedy struck – but Jack’s heartbroken family were forced to fight to reveal what happened to their son. 

Months after the incident, Elle admitted she had not told the police the full story. She said: ‘I was scared and in shock about what happened. 

‘I wish it had not happened and I wish I’d told police everything the first time.’

The lawsuit, lodged by Elliott’s family in a bid to get finite answers from the teens, was settled privately and confidentially.  

In her own deposition, Texas Christian University fashion student Delaney revealed how she had tattooed Jack’s initials onto her wrist

The boating expedition in 2019 – which turned fatal – was led by Carson Neel whose dad, Billy, ran the Northshore Marina. 

According to reports by the Orange County Register, Carson told everyone where the life jackets were stowed but gave no further safety instructions to his friends.

The group spent their sunny fall afternoon drinking and dancing on the deck of the boat while occasionally dipping into the water for a swim or to go wake boarding. 

When the boat ran out of beer, they sailed back to the marina to fetch another case before venturing out onto the water once again. 

But about an hour-and-a-half after sunset, the boat shook as it appeared to rumble over something. Jack, meanwhile, was nowhere to be found onboard. 

Carson turned the boat back and headed towards the spot where he believed Jack might have gone overboard. 

In the panic, those onboard shone the lights from their cellphones into the water in desperate hope of finding Jack. 

‘A lot of people were freaking out and crying and not communicating well,’ Carson said in a sworn affidavit seen by the OC Register. ‘I tried to stay as calm as possible because I knew it was serious and freaking out would make it worse.’

Carson dived into the lake and checked the boats propeller as he searched for Jack. 

With no sign of him, five minutes later, the group decided to head back to shore. 

The boating expedition was led by Carson Neel whose dad, Billy, ran the Northshore Marina

Elle called 911 – and gave her name to police as ‘Elle Macpherson,’ believed to be one of the first inconsistencies in the case. 

She later said during a sworn deposition that she did not know the name she gave was one of a famous supermodel and actress. 

As they sailed back to shore, the group allegedly dumped their alcohol bottles – including beers, White Claws, and vodka – in the water, a Texas Parks and Wildlife report wrote. 

In a social media tribute post following the incident, Carson remembered Jack and his ‘crazy dance moves.’

‘One minute you’re having the time of your life and the next one you’re grieving the loss of a good friend,’ Carson wrote. 

He continued, ‘Don’t think it will ever feel right without you here man. I wish I coulda gotten closer to you but God’s got a plan.’ 

Following Jack’s disappearance, ‘the teens hatched a plan to hide the truth from authorities and even Jack’s family in Newport Beach,’ according to police records.

While Carson and Elle Weber had been behind the controls on the boat that day, the group persuaded fellow student, Anthony Salazar, who had not been drinking because he was feeling unwell, to say that he had been behind the wheel at the time of the accident, according to reporting by the OC Register. 

Jack’s body was not recovered for another 10 days, found more than 100 feet below the surface. 

Police searched for Jack’s body after the group of teens on the boat the night of the incident failed to locate him

Jack’s body was found near where he disappeared. He was found ten days later more than 100 feet below the surface.

Jack’s body was found in the waters of Lake Travis (above), a manmade lake, northwest of Austin

Lake Travis is a popular tourist spot that covers nearly 19,000 acres and is 63.75 miles long

The lake is one of the most visited freshwater recreational destinations in Texas, according to laketravis.com

Throughout legal proceedings, the teens invoked their Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate themselves, but rumors abounded and the story slowly but surely came out. 

Once the group returned to dry land, Travis County Sheriff’s Office investigators questioned the teens separately, although their stories did not match up.

Jack’s parents, Amy and Brett Elliott were given a number of scenarios as to what may have happened to their son. 

One tale suggested Jack did a back flip off the boat into the water. Another alleged how Jack fell in while vomiting over the side of the vessel.

Two days later, some of the group gathered in a hotel room in Fort Worth near Dallas where the teens called Jack’s parents who were grieving at home in California.

Elle did most of the talking, according to the OC Register. She said that the group were sorry for their son’s death and for ‘all the stories you’ve heard.’

Elle Weber (pictured) had been behind the controls on the boat that day according to her sworn deposition.  She originally had told Jack’s parents that nobody had any clear idea how their fell overboard – but her answer changed after a 2020 lawsuit. Elle later wrote in a sworn deposition that she had in fact been the only eyewitness and saw another girl push Jack into the lake

 

She acknowledged that nobody had any clear idea how Jack fell overboard.

‘We don’t know how Jack fell off the boat. We don’t know if Jack stood up to change his position and he lost his balance or if he was fixing his hair, we don’t know what he was doing.

‘These are the most honest answers we can give you right now,’ Elle said.  

Soon after the phone call, Jack’s parents were contacted by a father of one of the teens who was also in the room at the time of the call. 

He told them how he had heard that Jack did not simply fall off the boat but was in fact pushed. 

‘My heart is broken into a million pieces,’ Brett wrote on Jack’s Facebook memorial. 

‘But, with each passing month, you give me more and more strength to keep pushing forward and fighting for TRUTH and ACCOUNTABILITY. I won’t stop. You deserve it.’

Two months later, by December 2019, Ben Echelson, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden filed a report that contained details of what they believe really occurred. 

‘Jack Elliott was pushed by Delaney Brennan from the front of a wakeboard boat … operated by Elle Weber under the supervision of Carson Neel.

‘Jack Elliott was struck by the propeller multiple times and was killed … the alcohol on board was thrown overboard,’ Echelson wrote. 

‘False statements were given to the officers responding to the accident concerning the events preceding the push and the manner in which Jack Elliott fell into the water.’

The January 2020 lawsuit then confirmed to the family by witnesses how their son was nudged by his lover Delaney – ultimately plummeting to his death.  

The Elliott family filed a wrongful death suit in January 2020 against Carson, Delaney and Elle in the hope that it might force them to testify and reveal the true events leading to their son’s death

The lawsuit, lodged by Elliott’s family in a bid to get finite answers from the teens, was settled privately and confidentially. Jack is pictured with his dad, Brett

Despite the privately-settled lawsuit drawing to a close, the teens again found themselves in hot water in late 2021. 

A Travis County grand jury decided that those involved had a criminal case to answer – particularly in respects to any alleged cover-up. Each of the five with undergo a pre-trial. 

As well as Delaney Brennan’s indicted felony charge, Carson Neel was also indicted on a felony charge of tampering with physical evidence for allegedly dumping the alcohol overboard. 

Like Delaney, Carson could also face up to 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine. Carson appeared in Travis County Criminal Courts on August 2. 

Elle Weber has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of giving false information to a police officer. She is set to appear in court on August 16. 

Another of the teens onboard the boat, Josh Evans of Aliso Viejo, was indicted on a misdemeanor charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor. Evans appeared in court on August 7. 

Anthony Salazar was indicted on a misdemeanor charge of perjury. He appeared in court on August 2. 

One of the fathers who attended the meeting days after the accident had some words of advice for the teens: ‘If you don’t tell the truth … it comes back to bite you in the a**.’ 

Pictured: Devil’s Cove in Lake Travis. Jack was pushed from the boat into the water between the popular party spot, Devil’s Cove. 

Pictured: Devil’s Cove in Lake Travis. Jack and other students at TCU were on a boat near Devil’s Cove on Lake Travis when he fell into the water