Tonya Couch was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on charges of hindering apprehension and money laundering.
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His mother was aware that Ethan Couch was trying to come up with a plausible explanation about the video and says he was not in it, the affidavit said.
He was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in juvenile court and was prohibited from drinking or leaving Tarrant County. According to reports, Couch “withdrew $30,000 from a bank account and then fled across the border with her then 18-year-old son Ethan in December”.
She is charged with hindering apprehension for helping her son flee to Mexico while on probation.
Tonya, 48, was also charged for money laundering for allegedly using 30,000 US dollars to finance the trip to the neighboring country, the report said.
Late past year, he and his mother fled to a resort town on Mexico’s Pacific Coast after a video on social media appeared to show him at a party where alcohol was being consumed, which would have violated the drink- and drug-free terms of his probation. “Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch arrives in TexasEthan Couch was 16 and driving at three times the legal intoxication limit when he rammed his pickup truck into a crowd of people.
Cars are parked in front of the Puerto Vallarta building where Tonya and Ethan Couch were staying. She was released from jail in January after posting a lowered bail. When he turned 19 in April, his case was moved to adult court.
Ethan and his mother Tonya were apprehended in Mexico on December 28, 2015 following an global manhunt after he allegedly failed to appear at a court-mandated meeting with a probation officer.
The teen became notorious when a psychologist told his trial he could not be held responsible for his actions because he suffered from “affluenza” – an affliction supposedly born of his privileged yet dysfunctional upbringing.
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When he is eventually released, Couch’s probation restrictions will remain “consistent” with those he faced as a juvenile, the judge ruled.
