The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for only a fraction of his court-ordered treatment. A juvenile court official testified Friday that Ethan Couch’s parents will be charged $1,170 a month. Couch was placed in a state hospital where his treatment costs $715 a day. Couch’s case drew national attention after his attorneys argued that his wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility, a condition one witness called “affluenza.” His parents originally offered to pay for a pricey rehabilitation center in California to help their then-16-year-old son avoid juvenile detention. He was sentenced to 10 years’ probation for the wreck last year that also injured several people near Fort Worth.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:16:54 +0000