“Affluenza” mom Tonya Couch facing Texas judge

Anderson escorted Couch on the ride from DFW Airport to the Tarrant County jail and called her booking “routine”, describing her as “quiet, reserved and respectful”, WFAA 8 (ABC) reported. She’s facing felony charges for allegedly helping her son, Ethan, escape to Mexico. Our partners at KXAS-TV (NBC 5) report she was released from the L.A. County sheriff’s custody, and handed off to another agency, around 7 a.m. Dallas time. She declined to confirm whether Couch was on her way to Texas, but authorities there have said they would bring her back by Friday.

Salvant set bond at $1 million and Couch’s attorney, Stephanie Patten, filed a motion asking for the bond to be reduced. They disappeared shortly after a video surfaced showing what appears to be Ethan Couch at a party where people were drinking. The Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is being held at a Mexico City immigration detention center.

Tonya Couch appears at court in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

Tonya Couch has continued to complain about the accommodations in jail, according to Williams.

While in the club alone, Couch maxed out his debit card as he partied with two women in a private back room area of the club that boasts of “boobies and booties galore” over its main entrance.

He said Couch hadn’t eaten in almost 24 hours. Employees at the club told ABC News that the pair was never seen again.

The mother and son were arrested in Mexico late last month.

Couch is now in Mexico, fighting extradition.

Attorneys representing Tonya said in a statement that she has not done anything illegal, as reported by Yahoo News. If convicted the charge carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence.

“It’s been a huge expense and a huge burden on everyone and it’s just frustrating”, Anderson said before reiterating his previously-stated belief that Ethan Couch should have been jailed rather than put on probation following his drunk driving trial. Couch received probation after a drunken-driving incident that left four dead in 2013, his defense arguing that he had “affluenza” because of his wealthy upbringing. The diagnosis, which is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, was widely ridiculed.