They were found in Mexico:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/us/mexico-affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-detained/index.html
glad to read that.
Good. I hope they throw the book at him and his mom.
I wish there were charges possible for everyone who made the “affluenza” defense possible.
So good to hear. I feel like it’s really really really time to hold Mommy accountable as well. Enough already.
Hope they keep them in Mexican jails… For a long time.
The judge was so roundly criticized that I would expect that they’d throw the book at him-which they should. He does not look drunk but he does look high and disgusting.
As a juvenile he could have only served about two years for manslaughter. I’m not sure if the judge designed it this way but he might now get ten years in prison for violating the original parole plus charges for fleeing the jurisdiction. Sweet justice.
Nice to hear. How that Afluenza claim wasn’t laughed at and disregarded is beyond me.
He’s going to be popular in jail…
Yay!!! Throw them both in jail!
Can we stop wasting more time on this waste of a human life?
Au contraire. I think it’s helpful to discuss that people really DO have to face the consequences of their actions.
he looks like a nice guy (the mustache and beard show maturity) and the glazed over eyes show a guy who was probably even on the run staying up late working in his mobile diabetes research lab.
Ethan Couch was arrested by US Marshals in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with his mom today. His hideout location is a popular tourist spot for Texans. I chose the ABC link because it shows a booking photo. He looks drunk.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-detained-mexico-officials/story?id=35984791
The “affluenza” psychologist using his previleged licensed position to defend the boy is a disgrace. Using pretty words to rob the society of the justice it is owed. Something like this is probably what propels Trump to the top.
The psychologist didn’t coin the phrase. It was first in a book in 2001-2002ish http://www.amazon.com/Affluenza-All-Consuming-Epidemic-John-Graaf/dp/1576751996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluenza:The_All-Consuming_Epidemic#/media/File:John_De_Graaf-_Affluenza_The_All-Consuming_Epidemic.jpeg and 2 years ago the psychologist indicated he should have used the correct therm… “spoiled brat”. (duh!) http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/justice/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/
The one who should get the blame is the kid’s attorney, who successfully argued this nonsense, and the idiot judge who accepted it.
jym I think there’s a difference coining the term academically and using it in the court to lend a professional credibility to protect a crime. I assume he was giving an expert opinion for a pay.
I think affluenza is real and that this young man suffered from a crippling form of parental neglect. But that’s all the more reason why he ought to have gotten a just punishment in the first place.
I’m hopeful that Mom will go to jail for abetting the escape. Her real crimes in raising her child are not punishable.
Hanna …probably the mom is the ring master.(she needs some jail time too)what was the game plan? hide in the Philippines or Morocco for the next 75 years?
What offends me was the whole concept of being excused from accountability because of affluent neglect. Does the law recognize poverty-stricken neglect? Do poor kids raised in the inner city get a break because of bad parenting from their poorer parents? Not that I’ve ever seen. What’s sauce for the goose is supposed to be sauce for the gander, and this verdict just defied any notions of equal justice.