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| Affluenza teen Ethan Couch received $200,000 worth of tax-payer funded rehab before going on the run to Mexico because his 'wealthy' parents were too broke to pay | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 13 2016, 09:45 AM (461 Views) | |
| Dem4life | Apr 13 2016, 09:45 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3536547/Affluenza-teen-Ethan-Couch-received-200-000-worth-tax-payer-funded-rehab-going-run-Mexico-wealthy-parents-broke-pay.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 |
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| Dem4life | Apr 13 2016, 09:46 AM Post #2 |
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The Star-Telegram reports that Couch's stay at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon cost approximately $20,000 a month, and that he was there for 10 months in 2014 from February through November. His parents were only forced to pay $1,170 of that amount, claiming they could not afford the cost. He then received treatment at The Next Step Program in Amarillo which cost a total of $11,000, which the court ordered his parents to pay. He was released from that program in February 2015, and on December 2 video emerged of him at a beer pong table. Couch was reported missing just days later when he missed a probation hearing. He was captured with his mother on December 28 in Puerto Vallarta. Tonya did not attempt to fight deportation and within days was back in Texas where she posted bail of $75,000 and is now awaiting trial for hindering the apprehension of a felon. Meanwhile, Couch launched an appeal against deportation and stayed in Mexico for over a month after being captured in December. He eventually dropped and his attorney, Scott Brown, hinted that Couch could have been taken to Mexico against his will. |
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| mysysail | Apr 13 2016, 09:59 AM Post #3 |
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First of all: Hi @Dem4Life; good to see ya! --- Topic: All animals are equal, while some seem to be more equal. Affluenza must be a terrible disease ... |
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| Dem4life | Apr 13 2016, 10:06 AM Post #4 |
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Same to you, Sail. If I remember correctly, the judge gave black kids who did far less than this kid much stricter sentences. It's alright, as long as it's white... |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 10:08 AM Post #5 |
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If you are going to flee, Mexico isn't far enough. Go to Chille. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| CautionaryTales | Apr 13 2016, 10:14 AM Post #6 |
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It's good to see you are doing your research. |
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 13 2016, 10:17 AM Post #7 |
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Brazil and some Caribbean nations may be preferable. |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Dem4life | Apr 13 2016, 03:12 PM Post #8 |
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Judge orders 'affluenza' Texan to spend about two years in jail http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-orders-affluenza-texan-to-spend-about-two-years-in-jail/ar-BBrIb0r?ocid=spartandhp A Texas county judge sentenced the so-called "affluenza" teen on Wednesday to serve four consecutive 180-day terms in jail for violating a juvenile probation deal that kept him out of prison after he killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. Ethan Couch, 19, has been in a Tarrant County jail since January. In his first appearance in adult court, he was given the sentence of almost two years in jail by Judge Wayne Salvant. "You are not getting out of jail today," Salvant told Couch, who was wearing a red jumpsuit from the Tarrant County Jail. |
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| Dem4life | May 12 2016, 10:55 AM Post #9 |
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Judge rejects 'affluenza' teen's appeal to reverse jail term http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-rejects-affluenza-teens-appeal-to-reverse-jail-term/ar-BBsWpc3?li=BBnbcA1 The judge in the case of a Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck has upheld an April order that the teen spend nearly two years in jail. Judge Wayne Salvant signed an order Wednesday reaffirming the probation terms he imposed on Ethan Couch in April. The judge canceled a hearing on the matter scheduled for May 16. |
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