Ethan Couch to Stay in Juvenile Detention

– “Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch will stay in a juvenile detention facility as he waits for a judge to rule on transferring his case to the adult system.

Ethan Couch, 18, arrived in Texas on Thursday after being deported from Mexico.

Couch and his mother, Tonya, fled to Mexico after a video surfaced that appeared to show the teen playing beer pong at a party, a violation of his probation. The son of millionaire parents Tonya and Fred Couch accidentally killed four people back in 2013 while drunk driving his pickup truck and crashing into an SUV in Forth Worth, Texas, per the New York Post.

The teenager was spared a custodial sentence after his legal team argued his wealthy upbringing had made him irresponsible, a condition they termed “affluenza”.

Wilson urged the public not to feed Couch’s “ego with notoriety”, and to instead focus on the effects his drunken driving had on the victims and their families.

Prosecutors and the local sheriff wanted Couch moved to an adult jail ahead of next month’s hearing.

But he says Molina will be at a February hearing that will determine whether Couch’s case moves to adult court.

Ethan Couch was sentenced by state District Judge Jean Boyd to 10 years’ probation in 2013 and was also ordered to enter a lockdown addiction treatment facility.

— January 25, 2016 — Ethan Couch formally ratifies his decision to drop an appeal against deportation.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck is expected to learn Friday whether he’ll be moved to an adult jail as he awaits a judge’s ruling on transferring his case to the adult court system.

At the Friday hearing, Judge Tim Menikos decided that Couch should remain in juvenile detention, at least for the time being.

The attorneys representing Couch have said they expect he will “comply with all court-imposed terms” and “successfully complete his term of probation”.

He returned to North Texas Thursday after police say he and his mother fled to Mexcico when he missed a probation meeting.

In a statement, Couch’s lawyers said that they are anticipating their client’s case being moved to adult court.

Sheriff Anderson said: “He’s certainly capable of understanding now what’s going on, and I’d feel better if he was there (in an adult jail)”.

Alpert said Couch has never apologized to the victims and said he will continue to work to bring justice for the victims.

Authorities believe Couch and his mother fled to Mexico last month as prosecutors investigated whether he violated his probation in the 2013 case.

The affluenza diagnosis, not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, was widely ridiculed. Prosecutors and law enforcement officers blasted the sentence as too weak. She posted a $75,000 bond, was fitted with a Global Positioning System monitor and is now under house arrest.