FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch finished 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. His attorney…… 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) – 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
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Taxpayers in Tarrant County could be on the hook for Tonya Couch’s transfer from Los Angeles to Fort Worth. Tarrant County District Judge Wayne Salvant had ordered Couch to pay $3,177.93 in “extradition costs” as a bond condition. He rescinded the restitution order Friday. “I’m surprised he ordered her to…… MORE