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TexasTowelie

(112,321 posts) Sat Jun 15, 2019, 07:51 AM Jun 2019

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Texas mother of 'affluenza' teen says she is broke as she awaits her trial

FORT WORTH -- The Texas mother of the “affluenza” teen is broke and says she has not had a job because she has been “unable to get and/or keep a job due to notoriety,” according to court documents she filed Wednesday.

Tonya Couch, 52, of Burleson, remained in the Tarrant County Jail on Friday without bail.

Couch — the mother of a teen who caused a drunken driving crash that killed four people and injured several others in 2013 — has been in jail since April. Court documents cite a positive urinalysis drug test.

She has been in and out of jail as she awaits trial on charges related to helping her son Ethan Couch escape to Mexico in 2015.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article231563208.html

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Texas mother of 'affluenza' teen says she is broke as she awaits her trial (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

Boo-fucking-hoo TruckFump Jun 2019 #1

good, maybe she can finally receive justice. rampartc Jun 2019 #2

Oh Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #3

One thought and no prayers your way. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #4

What happened to all the money that gave little snowflake 'affluenza'? keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #5

As karma comes acallin' 2naSalit Jun 2019 #6

um...I don't think notoriety is the reason... dhill926 Jun 2019 #7

Where's my teeeeny tiiiiiiny violin. marble falls Jun 2019 #8

I don't care. Do you? Shell_Seas Jun 2019 #9

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)

1. Boo-fucking-hoo

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:01 AM

Jun 2019

rampartc

(5,428 posts)

2. good, maybe she can finally receive justice.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:04 AM

Jun 2019

if I remember her tale of woe, she deserves everything that has happened to her.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

3. Oh

Reply to rampartc (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:08 AM

Jun 2019

3Hotdogs

(12,396 posts)

4. One thought and no prayers your way.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 10:11 AM

Jun 2019

keithbvadu2

(36,853 posts)

5. What happened to all the money that gave little snowflake 'affluenza'?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 10:30 AM

Jun 2019

What happened to all the money that gave little snowflake 'affluenza'?

2naSalit

(86,691 posts)

6. As karma comes acallin'

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:31 AM

Jun 2019

she can now live with poverty and a rap sheet for ever.

dhill926

(16,349 posts)

7. um...I don't think notoriety is the reason...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:38 PM

Jun 2019

you can't get a job....

marble falls

(57,136 posts)

8. Where's my teeeeny tiiiiiiny violin.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:29 PM

Jun 2019

Shell_Seas

(3,335 posts)

9. I don't care. Do you?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:11 AM

Jun 2019

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