BURLESON, Texas – 16-year-old Ethan Couch was found guilty this week of killing four people and injuring ten more while driving drunk. However, instead of the 20 years in prison prosecutors were hoping for, State District Judge Jean Boyd agreed with the defense’s argument that Couch suffered from being rich and only sentenced the youth to probation. In addition, families of the victims were ordered to pay for any and all damages to Couch’s vehicle which may have occurred during the accident that ended the lives of their loved ones.
“I’m just glad the Judge was able to see past the deaths and do what was in the best interests of Ethan,” said psychologist Dr. G. Dick Miller, who testified for the defense that Couch was a victim of “affluenza,” where his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences. “This poor boy has had money shoved down his throat and been allowed to get away with whatever he wanted since birth. It will do him a world of good to see other people pay to fix the very truck with which he killed their loved ones.”
Couch, who along with seven other boys had stolen the alcohol from Walmart immediately before the accident, had a Blood Alcohol Content of .24, and was driving 70 miles per hour in a 40 miles per hour zone. He clipped an SUV parked by the side of the road and plowed into four individuals, including a Baptist Church youth minister. According to reports, he was belligerent at the scene of the accident, at one point saying, “I’m outta here.”
“Ethan’s used to paying for everything without blinking,” said his father. “To have to stand by and watch bereaved husbands and parents pay money they probably don’t have to fix the truck I gave him is going to crush him. Just crush him.”
“Now he’ll finally see that his actions have consequences,” said his mother. “For other people.”
In choosing to force the victim’s families to pay for the truck, Judge Boyd had been especially moved by the story of how a year earlier Couch had received no punishment from his parents after being found by police in a parked pickup with a passed out, undressed, 14-year-old-girl. “Only the very wealthy can get away with things like that,” she said. “It has to have been such a burden for the boy.”
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Sounds like they paid off the judge. Who would buy that kind of horse shit?
I’m not advocating it, but I thought they executed murderers in Texas.
Is it a joke?
Are u serious? Let’s say one of the four people he killed was related to the judge, bet he wouldn’t be going home on the count of he’s to rich.
Here is a novel idea!!!! Make the boy actually get a minimum wage job a actually have to work to pay off the damages himself!!!!!!!!
WTF, really? I hope this is a bullshit story. they ought to hang this lil shit by his sack, and beat the hell out of him, when they ask the poor folks who did it what happened, they can just say oh well that’s how we are used to dealing with things when we are poor
This is outrageous! I think the judge should go to jail and be in the same cell as this little spoiled brat!!
Come on people its time we fire judges who hand down a sentence shuch as tgis one what a idiot
This is the dumbest thing I ever heard of !! If they think that having the victims family’s pay for the truck will teach this boy some concequinces there wrong ! The apple dosnt fall far from the tree! The parents should held responsible as the boy!! I think the justice system in our country is a joke! I think they were all smoking Crack that day !!
This is sick. I can say one this for sure he may not be in jail but he will wish he was for the rest of his life all the getting beaten up and bullying he will go though until he dies he doesnt deserve that he deserves worse and so does that scumbag of a judge and his satan parents the worst family alive merry chistmas may god give you forgiveness because no one on earth will satan cannot wait for all of you he is smiling so big right now what complete scum
I really hope this isn’t true. He should rot in jail. I don’t care how rich you are it’s not ok to drive while drunk and kill innocent people. Shame on the judge for not putting his rich little ass in jail were he should be.
This judge should b the 1 tobpay for all the damages… u kidding me right now… smh
If he doesn’t have to pay for anything, then the families of the victims damn sure shouldn’t either !!!! Let his “affluent” little spoiled, daddy’s money gets me out of everything, never seen a consequence in his life little butt pay for it !!! Isn’t that his defense?… that he has too much money to have any common friggin’ sense?
Wow!! This is insane. First off that “kid” needs to be locked up for life. His parents need to be locked up for being horrible parents. And the judge needs to be taken off the bench and charges need to be pressed against him. This is the sutpidest thing I have ever read in my whole life. Lets punshish him by not punishing him, even better lets make his victoms family pay for his damages. This is the world we live in now. As long as you can pay your way and the judge you can get away with murder because this kid did.
he got away with murder and the victims have to fix his truck. Does that mean Walmart has to pay the beer he and his friends stole. The lesson he learned is he can do whatever he wants and get by with it. he better be glad it was one of my relatives because they would never get me to pay to have his truck fixed no matter what the judge says. let her fix his truck for him
Why should victims pay for his vehicle, I am confused
Then after juvenille detention off to prison like everyone else. What is he going to learn having the victoms pay instead of his parents. Nothing except that running the world killing people is ok.
What lesson is he learning I he is living and breathing his victims paid the price and their families have to handle insult to injury hid parents should pay it seems only just since they only hurt is in their purse
The right sentence for this child is to go to juvinille detention and not let his parents bale him out of anything. After juvenille
This kid, the judge, and the jury need to be shot in the head, while we all watch.
Wow. His parents should be punished! They need to learn a lesson along with their son!
If this isn’t fake I have no faith in our legal system or man king anymore
The parents obviously didn’t give him everything…had to steal the alcohol from Walmart.
This is a joke right?
Fake report.
WTAF???
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