FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch is finishing his two year sentence for violating the terms of his probation, related to the drunken driving crash in June of 2013 that killed four people. He was 16 at the time. Mothers…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Tarrant County prosecutors filed a motion on Tuesday to have the so-called “affluenza mom” Tonya Couch’s bond revoked after an alleged alcohol violation last week. Tonya Couch is the mother of Ethan Couch, the 20-year-old who killed four people in a drunk-driving crash in 2013 and was sentenced to probation. During…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Lawyers for a Fort Worth teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck have turned to the Texas Supreme Court in an effort to secure his release from jail. The motion filed on behalf of 19-year-old Ethan Couch argues that a judge had no authority to sentence…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The mother of so-called affluenza teen Ethan Couch faces charges herself. “There is a gag order on the case, so I can only basically confirm the publicly filed information,” said Sam Jordan with the Tarrant County DA’s Office. Jordan did say Couch is charged with hindering the apprehension of a…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch heads before a judge in Tarrant County on Friday. The judge will decide whether to move Couch from the juvenile system to adult court. Without change, his probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash would come to an end on his 19th birthday in April.…… MORE
