A Texas man who used 'affluenza' as a defence at his trial for killing four people while driving drunk was arrested Thursday after authorities say he violated the terms of his probation.
Ethan Couch is led by sheriff deputies after a juvenile court for a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas on Feb. 19, 2016. FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- A Texas man who used "affluenza" as a defence at his trial for killing four people while driving drunk was arrested Thursday after authorities say he violated the terms of his probation.
Couch's attorneys, Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn, said their client has been intensely monitored for alcohol and illegal substance use for more than 20 months and "has never been positive for the use of any substance before." A judge originally sentenced Couch to 10 years of probation. But he was later jailed after attending a party where alcohol was served and then fleeing to Mexico with his mother to avoid punishment. He was released in 2018 after serving a nearly two-year sentence.
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