‘Affluenza’ teen’s attorney blames his mother for fleeing to Mexico
Source: Reuters
‘Affluenza’ teen’s attorney blames his mother for fleeing to Mexico
Reuters
19 Jan 2016 at 13:57 ET
n attorney for a teenager who killed four people in the “affluenza” drunken-driving case may have been forced to go to Mexico with his mother after an apparent violation of his probation, a defense attorney said on Tuesday.
A hearing on whether to move Ethan Couch’s case to adult court lasted only a few minutes without a decision on Tuesday when a judge ruled his parents were not adequately notified about the hearing.
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Couch, 18, and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, were captured in Puerto Vallarto, Mexico, last month after a manhunt of more than two weeks. She was returned to Texas and faces a third-degree felony charge for helping her son flee while Ethan remains in a Mexican immigration detention center fighting efforts to bring him back to the United States.
Lawyers for Couch want the proceedings in Fort Worth to come to a halt, arguing the case should not go forward because he is not present. They say he may have been abducted by his mother.
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For the affluenza teen, why not? Lawyers have proposed
even more absurd defenses than this. 
it's always somebody else's fault! 
