Teen Kills 4, Gets Probation Due to 'Affluenza'
He got probation due to being "too rich to understand consequences."
Published 11 years ago in Wtf
A teenager in Fort Worth, Texas was given probation after driving drunk and killing four pedestrians. Prosecutors pushed for a jail sentence of 20 years for 16-year-old Ethan Couch, whose blood alcohol content at the time of the accident was 0.24 - three times the legal limit for someone of drinking age - and also contained traces of Valium.