An curved arrow pointing right. "Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch has been moved to adult court with a potential sentence of 40 years if he violates his parole — 10 years per person he killed in 2013.
As part of his probation, Judge Salvant specified that Couch serve four 180-day stints in jail. Since serving that sentence he has been out of jail. His lawyers said on Thursday that he is now clean.
An curved arrow pointing right. Ethan Couch appealed his sentence and was denied by Judge Wayne Salvant on May 11, 2016. On April 13, the "affluenza" teen was sentenced to nearly two years in jail ...
Tonya Couch, the mother of Ethan Couch, has admitted to trying to help her son stay out of jail by fleeing to Mexico. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail, given credit for time served ...
“Affluenza” killer Ethan Couch is back in a Texas jail Thursday on claims of a failed drug test, two years after he was released for fleeing to Mexico with his mother from an earlier parole violation.