New Details Emerge About 'Affluenza' Teen's Time in Mexico
New details are emerging about the time Ethan Couch
-- a teen who killed four people in a car crash in 2013 -- spent in
Mexico on the run with his mother while U.S. authorities searched for
him.
Couch and his mother, Tonya, stayed at an apartment in Puerto Vallarta, a
resort town frequented by American tourists, and visited a restaurant
and butcher shop nearby, locals told ABC News. Law enforcement sources
confirm to ABC News that the Couches managed to elude authorities for a
time by using at least one throw away phone.
In 2013 Couch pled guilty to four counts of intoxication manslaughter
and was sentenced to 10 years probation instead of jail time. In the
sentencing phase his defense team had argued that he suffered from
“affluenza,” meaning, they explained, that his affluent upbringing and
his mother and father’s profoundly dysfunctional parenting led to his
irresponsible behavior.
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