Tonya Couch

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.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck won’t be moved to an adult jail as he awaits a court ruling on whether his case is transferred to the adult system, where he could face time behind bars, a judge ruled Friday. Ethan Couch, 18, […]

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 […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The latest on Tonya Couch, the mother of a Texas teen who used an “affluenza” defense in a drunken wreck (all times local): 9:20 a.m. The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck has been released from a Texas jail. Tonya […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case agreed Tuesday to be sent from California to Texas to face a charge. Tonya Couch, 48, said very little at an extradition hearing in downtown Los Angeles, where she was flown after being deported […]

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.