‘Affluenza’ teen could be back in Texas this week

His attorney in Mexico, Fernando Benitez, told The Associated Press Tuesday that has client was dropping his effort to stave off deportation to Tarrant County.

Benitez said papers will be lodged today saying Couch’s appeal has been dropped, before a judge is expected to close the case.

“I have people at the courthouse, waiting for notification that the appeal has formally been dropped”, Benitez said.

Ethan Couch, 18, who became notorious after he was given probation for killing four people in a DUI crash because of his privileged background, will be transferred back to Texas in the coming days. Couch, who had changed his appearance, appealed his deportation, which led to a court injunction.

His mother was sent back to the USA and has since bonded out of jail, but Couch has been held at an immigration detention center since being detained in late December. Once the injunction is removed, they will deport Ethan in 24 or 48 hours.

In December, Couch fled to Mexico with his mother, Tonya Couch, after a video showing him at a drunken party surfaced on Twitter.

Because Couch dropped his deportation fight, transferring him to the US “will be a lot easier and a lot quicker”, Touchstone said.

In 2013, the teen crashed his pickup into a group of pedestrians in Texas and another vehicle, leaving four dead and several seriously injured.

The drunken-driving case drew widespread derision after an expert called by Couch’s lawyers argued he had been coddled into a sense of irresponsibility by his wealthy parents, a condition the expert called “affluenza”.

Tonya couch is back in the US and charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. If he violates probation again, he could face up to 10 years in prison per death, Wilson said. He was arrested after violating the terms of his probation after being found with his mother in the Pacific coast resort city of Puerto Vallarta.

According to Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson, Ethan Couch is likely to receive the same high profile treatment as his mother did during his return.