In the motion filed, Couch’s attorney argues that “the amount of bail set is unreasonable”.
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A bail hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Authorities contend that Tonya Couch helped her teenage son flee to Mexico to avoid a routine probation hearing that could have sent him to jail.
Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said that Tonya Couch – who he referred to as a “woman with means” – has complained about the conditions in her Texas jail cell. “I explained to her this is a jail, not a resort”.
Tonya Couch arrived on Thursday afternoon at DFW Airport and was taken in a van to the Tarrant County jail, where she was booked.
Couch, was returned to Texas on Thursday from California to face the charge. The charges against Tonya Couch are all felonies.
Officials from Los Angeles and Tarrant counties were not immediately available for comment. Tonya Couch said her passports were taken from her in Los Angeles after she was extradited from Mexico.
The judge said if Tonya Couch is released on bail, she will have to wear an ankle monitor and turn in a passport, which will be hard if the Mexican authorities have it. They’d been gone for nearly a month, having ditched North Texas following discovery of a video that apparently showed Ethan Couch playing beer pong on Twitter and a missed probation appointment.
While in Mexico, the spoiled rotten “affluenza” teen spent more than $2,000 on hookers and booze at a Mexican club, but when his money ran out, he offered up a Rolex watch as collateral.
ABC News reported that Tonya Couch appeared in a Ft.
However, the club was closed December 24 and December 25.
– The mother of the infamous affluenza teen has arrived in North Texas and will spend Thursday night at the Tarrant County Jail. She did not enter a plea because her attorney was not present for the arraignment.
Her lawyers said last week that she has done nothing illegal. “The charge is punishable by two to 10 years in prison”.
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Such cases can take anywhere from two weeks to several months, depending on the priorities of the local courts and the actions of defense attorneys, according to Richard Hunter, chief deputy for the U.S. Marshals Service in South Texas.
