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Speaking as a bitter outraged victim. i'm speaking as a father, and i believe that accountability is separate from forgiveness, and redemption. >> sure. you also want to appeal to this kid's parents, right? >> yeah, you know, the dad in me, that's kind of where i'm coming from and i would like to, you know, if i could just directly address fred couch, you know, fred, i know you care about your son, and it looks like maybe you haven't been there a lot for him as he grew up, but here's a chance to change that. here's a chance to get involved and show some tough love and do something that's right...

Probation. joining us now, fox news anchor and attorney gregg jarrett. pick it up from there, gregg. what's going on with this case? >> yeah, it's interesting. the father now says -- and his name is fred couch -- he is not surprised that his son has disi peered. i suppose that's scarcely ironic since dear old dad helped engineer the preposterous defense. he and his wife, or tonya couch, were instrumental in concocting this legal excuse that they were to blame for their son's crimes because they were so incredibly rich, they spoiled him so son couldn't have known any better to not be drive drun...

Testified in a civil suit brought by one of the victims. in this 2013 deposition tape obtained by abc news, ethan couch talks openly about his drug use. >> taking valium, hydrocodone, marijuana, cocaine, xanax, vyvanse. i even tried ecstasy once. >> reporter: where did it gall wrong? early and often it seems. with a defense and psychologist placing the blame squarely at the feet of ethan's parents. >> ethan learned you should be able to do what you want to do when you want to do it. >> that message generally -- >> reporter: his father denying any blame. >> did you teach ethan that because your...

Truck to drive every single day. they knew that when he lived alone in this 4,000 square foot house that he partied. he had unsupervised pears and kids were drinking at those parties. those are going to be the arguments that the plaintiffs' attorneys make that these parents contributed to the downfall of this young man and the fact that he committed these crimes. >> and it wasn't like this same young man had not had encounters at least with the ha where he was, we understand from reports, had been talked to before about drinking and found one time passed out in the car with a naked 14 year old...