Mom of 'affluenza teen' working at a Honky Tonk Woman Saloon in North Texas

AZLE -- At a small-town bar northwest of Fort Worth visitors can find Tonya Couch, the infamous mother of the “affluenza teen,” working behind the bar.

Couch now works as a bartender at Honky Tonk Woman Saloon in Azle, a town with a population just over 11,000, WFAA 8 reported Wednesday. The bar’s owner and Tonya Couch’s attorney Stephanie Patten confirmed to the news station that she has been working at the establishment for about two months.

Darrell Collins, bar owner, said he hired Tonya Couch despite the family's attorney using an “affluenza” defense after her son killed four people in a drunken-driving crash in 2013. Tonya Couch and her son Ethan fled to Mexico last year after video surfaced apparently showing him at a party with alcohol— a probation violation.

A judge said Tuesday that Tonya Couch, who is charged with hindering apprehension of a felon and money laundering, no longer needs to be under house arrest, but must wear an electronic monitor and not consume alcohol or drugs while awaiting trial.

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