Sheriff shrugs off affluenza mom’s complaints about night in jail

Authorities believe Couch and her 18-year-old son, Ethan Couch, dubbed the “affluenza” teen, fled Texas as prosecutors investigated whether Ethan Couch had violated his probation.

Couch stood amid eight deputies and Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson for the arraignment, which lasted less than 10 minutes. “I explained to her this is a jail, not a resort”. Couch’s attorney has requested a bond reduction and Salvant indicated that request may be addressed at a hearing on Monday. The mother of Ethan Couch, who used an “affluenza” defense after killing people in a drunken-driving wreck appeared in court on a cha…

Recently, video surfaced that purported to show Couch violating the terms of his parole. She was booked on the third-degree felony charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon and held on $1 million bail.

Ethan Couch remains in custody at an immigration detention center in Mexico City after winning a court reprieve that could lead to a weeks- or even months-long legal process in Mexico.

Tonya Couch said her passports were taken from her in Los Angeles after she was extradited from Mexico.

Anderson said Couch told him that she couldn’t sleep well because the jail lights were too bright and other inmates were watching her.

Her attorney, Stephanie Patten, did not make the arraignment portion of the hearing because she was stuck in traffic.

During Ethan Couch’s trial for the 2013 accident, a psychologist testified that the teen, then 16, suffered from “affluenza”, meaning he had lost the ability to recognize right from wrong after being spoiled by his wealthy family.

Sheriff Anderson said Thursday, “it’s not a question of if he’s coming back, it’s a question of when he’s coming back”.

Patten later issued a statement criticizing the public manner in which Anderson has handled the case and questioning why he spoke to Couch in court without her attorney present.

State District Judge Jean Boyd, who has since retired, sentenced Couch to 10 years’ probation and to intensive therapy.

Couch told the judge that she surrendered a temporary passport in Los Angeles, where she was deported from Mexico last week.

As a result, the judge sentenced him to probation instead of jail time.