The Latest: Paralyzed victim to attend Couch's hearing
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: Paralyzed victim to attend Couch's hearing
Updated 3:19 pm, Friday, January 29, 2016
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The Latest on the case of Ethan Couch, the 18-year-old who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal 2013 drunken driving wreck in Texas and was recently deported from Mexico (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
One of the severely injured victims from Ethan Couch's fatal drunken driving wreck plans to attend the next hearing in the case.
Couch is known for using an "affluenza" defense during a juvenile trial for the wreck that killed four people in 2013. The 18-year-old was recently deported from Mexico, where authorities believe he fled with is mother while prosecutors investigated whether he violated his probation in the case.
Sergio Molina was paralyzed in the wreck. His brother, Alex Lemus, says "it's very hard to deal with all the changes" to his brother, who can communicate only by blinking his eyes.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/The-Latest-Affluenza-teen-in-court-following-6792989.php
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saturnsring
(1,832 posts)hlthe2b
(102,087 posts)Seeing him there, paralyzed with only his little Chihuahua for comfort, overwhelms me.
polly7
(20,582 posts)2naSalit
(86,294 posts)young man and hear about how he changed his life.
Suich
(10,642 posts)Isn't his injured friend also paralyzed?
Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)"Affluenza" should NEVER be permitted as a defense again
murielm99
(30,712 posts)Sad.