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Ethan Couch, the Texas man known for claiming "affluenza" as part of his defense in a fatal DUI crash, is back in jail after violating his probation, records show.
Couch, 22, had been on probation since being released from jail in April 2018 after serving 720 days for earlier violating his probation in connection with a drunken-driving accident that killed four people and injured several others.
An arrest warrant was issued for Couch Thursday morning, and he was booked into the Tarrant County Jail a few hours later.
He was ordered to be held without bail.
Couch tested positive for THC in a mandatory drug screening that was part of his probation, court documents showed.
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getagrip_already
(14,891 posts)I just love the irony here.
Rich white kid so stupid he smokes weed while on probation. Didn't mommy show him how to properly use the wizzinator?
Oh right, mommy is still jailzy-wailzy for her own stupid shit.
What is a poor rich whitey boy gots to do's? (and I'm a white guy in case you care)
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)Your ass is in trouble now.
TheBlackAdder
(28,230 posts)dem4decades
(11,307 posts)And get off. Shit he got off for killing 4 people, what's a little weed among the privileged?
blugbox
(951 posts)He essentially gets off for killing four people, but smoking some weed is what really does him in. This country is so fucking stupid.
Six117
(205 posts)That's a tidy way of grouping people who can use their money to create alternate realities for themselves that are MALIGNANT to the rest of us. Scump is just another example among a very large number of examples.
~Burnt!
malaise
(269,219 posts)It never ends well
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)They can't help themselves.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Eugene
(61,965 posts)Source: WFAA
He will be released Friday, Tarrant County officials said.
Author: WFAA Staff
Published: 11:14 AM CST January 3, 2020
Updated: 2:32 PM CST January 3, 2020
Updated at 2:32 p.m. with information on additional testing.
Ethan Couch was released from jail Friday after he was accused of violating his probation, Tarrant County officials say.
His attorneys say the 22-year-old was arrested Thursday even though Couch has not "knowingly and voluntarily" used drugs or alcohol for 20 months.
Couch had a "weak positive" on a monitoring drug patch, said the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office said in a written statement.
The DA said the probation department "did not have confidence in the result."
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Read more: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/ethan-couch-released-from-jail-attorneys-say-drug-test-showed-a-false-positive/287-7d11f485-c8f7-4d5e-b7fb-e21b1ef7cdbe