Affluenza Teen

Tonya Couch is facing charges of hindering apprehension of a felon and money laundering, said Samantha Jordan, spokeswoman for the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office.

Ethan Couch, who earlier this year was at the center of an international manhunt after he jumped probation, will spend the next two years of his life behind bars, according to ABC News.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge on Friday sent the Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to adult court, raising the possibility that he could get jail time for the 2013 crash that killed four people. Ethan Couch was 16 at the time of the crash. During his […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on “affluenza” teenager Ethan Couch’s deportation from Mexico (all times local): 11: 05 a.m. “Affluenza” teenager Ethan Couch has arrived in Texas after being deported from Mexico. The 18-year-old arrived on a flight at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport late Thursday morning. He could be seen walking through the […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck will return to Texas from Mexico within weeks, and his case will likely be transferred from the juvenile to the adult system, his attorneys said in a statement Wednesday. Ethan Couch has been challenging his deportation, but paperwork […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest in the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 6:45 a.m. Police say the mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is being […]

Ethan Couch, 18, the North Texas teen found responsible for a drunk-driving crash that killed four people in 2013, and his mother, Tonya, 48, were captured Monday at 6 p.m. in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a spokesperson for the Jalisco state prosecutor's office told ABC News.