'Affluenza' teen's mom to remain jailed pending trial

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 8:05 pm CDT, Monday, August 20, 2018



Photo: Brandon Wade, AP
IMAGE 1 OF 17 FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Tonya Couch, center, the mother of a Texas teen who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck, leaves Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas. State District Judge Wane Salvant has denied bond to Couch. That means Couch will await her trial on money laundering and hindering apprehension charges in the Tarrant County Jail. Her trial is now set for Nov. 12.





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2.Mexican authorities detained Ethan Couch and his mother in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Dec. 28 after
tracing a call Tonya Couch made to a Domino's Pizza.



FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge has denied bond for the mother of a Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck.

Tonya Couch will now await her trial on money laundering and hindering apprehension charges in the Tarrant County Jail. Her trial is now set for Nov. 12.

State District Judge Wane Salvant's order came at a Monday bond reduction hearing in Fort Worth. Salvant had revoked Couch's bond for a second time and ordered her arrest June 7 after a drug-testing lab reported she had tested positive for methamphetamine.

Couch was charged in 2016 after she fled with son Ethan to Mexico in 2015. Ethan Couch was released on probation last March.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Affluenza-teen-s-mom-to-remain-jailed-pending-13170053.php#photo-16042809

[TexasTowelie]

1. The judge was correct to deny bond.

Tonya Couch already demonstrated that she is a flight risk.

[iluvtennis]

2. American's "finest" - NOT. Son should be in jail. her karma is coming to get her.

[Archae]

3. That family defines "dysfunctional."

"Rules and law are for the little people."

[getagrip_already]

4. I don't much like her either, but the media is not being accurate here.....

They can't tell if you use "Meth" in the standard test. It just tests for amphetimines as a class. Now if you use meth, it will come back positive.

But there are dozens of other drugs that also contain amphetimines. The ress is calling her a "Meth" user. That is not factual unless she admitted to it or the actual drug was found in her possession.

It could be anything from a weight loss drug like phentermine to ritelan to dexedrine.

There are also non-prescription drugs that can cause false positives for amphetimines, like benadryl or whats in robitussin.

Drug tests are bad, mmmmkay?

Not defending her. I just hate when these tests are used to slander people.