27 Facts About Ethan Couch

Ethan Anthony Couch was born on April 11,1997 and is an American who, at age 16, killed four people while driving under the influence on June 15,2013, in Burleson, Texas.

Ethan Couch was indicted on four counts of intoxication manslaughter for recklessly driving under the influence.

Ethan Couch's sentence, judged by many as outrageously lenient, set off what The New York Times called "an emotional, angry debate that has stretched far beyond the North Texas suburbs".

On December 11,2015, after a video was posted online purporting to show Ethan Couch drinking at a party, Ethan Couch became the subject of a manhunt, and was listed in the National Fugitive Database after attempts by his probation officer to contact him failed.

On January 2,2020, Ethan Couch returned to jail for an alleged probation violation, failing a mandated drug test for tetrahydrocannabinol.

Ethan Couch was released a day later, pending an investigation into whether the positive test result for THC came from illegal marijuana or from cannabidiol oil.

Ethan Couch grew up in Burleson and previously attended Anderson Private School.

Ethan Couch drove himself to school at the age of thirteen; when this was questioned by the principal his father responded by threatening to buy the school.

Ethan Couch then withdrew from Anderson and began attending a co-op based in nearby Watauga until age 15, when he enrolled in a community college.

At the age of 15, Ethan Couch was cited for "minor in consumption of alcohol" and "minor in possession of alcohol", after he was caught in a parked pickup truck with a naked, passed-out 14-year-old girl.

Ethan Couch pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation, a compulsory alcohol awareness class, and 12 hours of community service.

In 2013, Tonya Ethan Couch was sentenced to a $500 fine and a six-month community supervision order for reckless driving when she used her vehicle to force another motorist off the road.

Approximately an hour after the beer theft, Ethan Couch was driving his father's truck at 70 miles per hour on rural, two-lane Burleson-Retta Road where motorist Breanna Mitchell's sport utility vehicle had stalled.

Ethan Couch's truck swerved off the road and into Mitchell's sport utility vehicle, then crashed into Jennings' parked car, which in turn hit an oncoming Volkswagen Beetle.

Ethan Couch was charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault.

Ethan Couch entered a guilty plea, and Tarrant County prosecutors were seeking a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment for Ethan Couch.

Ethan Couch was ordered to stay away from drugs, alcohol, and driving.

Ethan Couch's parents promised in court to pay the requested fee for their son's treatment.

The user posted a video along with a caption stating that Ethan Couch was in violation of his probation.

The fugitive hunt for Ethan Couch became a federal matter in December 2015 with the US Marshals Service, FBI, and other agencies joining the hunt for the suspect who was believed to have fled the country.

Ethan Couch won a delay in his deportation, based on a constitutional appeal in Mexico, and was transported to a detention facility in Mexico City.

Ethan Couch, having dropped his fight to avoid being deported from Mexico, was flown back to the United States on January 28,2016, and was held in custody before appearing at a hearing on February 19 regarding his original juvenile probation case being transferred to the adult court system.

Ethan Couch is permitted to drive and has a video-equipped interlock ignition device installed in his vehicle, which will prevent him from starting his car without passing a breathalyzer test, according to Mike Simonds of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office.

The 720 days Ethan Couch served for his crimes shows that drunk driving homicides still aren't treated as the violent crimes that they are.

On March 18,2019, a Tarrant County judge allowed Ethan Couch to remove the GPS ankle monitor, but the other conditions of his probation were not lifted.

Ethan Couch was re-arrested on January 2,2020, accused of violating his probation.

Ethan Couch was released one day later, on January 3,2020, because authorities could not determine if the positive test result for THC came from illegal marijuana or CBD oil.