FORT WORTH, Texas – Ethan Couch, who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving crash, is expected to be released from jail Friday.
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said the district attorney did not accept a motion from the probation office to revoke his probation.
Couch was arrested Thursday and booked into the Tarrant County jail for a probation violation. Court records stated the 22-year-old tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
Couch was 16 years old when he killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving crash and was sentenced to just 10 years of probation.