Couch’s parents, Fred and Tonya Couch, were found to be “financially unable to pay” for the full cost of Couch’s stay, according to the documents.
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Affluenza teen Ethan Couch turned 19 on Monday and will appear in adult court where he will receive the new conditions of his probation, which could include up to 180 days in jail.
Couch first made headlines back in 2014 when his attorney said he was too spoiled to know right from wrong after he killed four people in a drunk driving crash at the age of 16. Boyd also ordered Couch to rehabilitation at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, where documents reveal the daily cost for Couch was $673, or about $20,000 a month, reported the Star-Telegram.
Couch left the road while traveling at 70mph and hit the group, killing all of them, and paralyzing friend Sergio Molina from the neck down after he was thrown clear of the truck. He was also ordered by the court to enter a rehab, which it has been now disclosed cost taxpayers funded $200,000 after his parents admit, they could not pay for it. Prosecutors and court officials declined to confirm the nature of the hearing, saying the judge has issued a gag order.
He will appear before Judge Wayne Salvant, the same judge presiding over his mother, Tonya’s case.
Couch was sentenced only to probation for the accident in juvenile court.
Couch has been held at Tarrant County Jail’s maximum-security facility since February 5.
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Salvant could set a 120-day jail stay as a condition of Ethan Couch’s probation in the adult court system. He returned to the headlines late past year after he was accused of violating the terms of his probation and fleeing to Mexico as authorities investigated those allegations. On Dec. 2, a video surfaced showing someone who looked like Couch at a beer pong party, which could lead to his probation being revoked.
