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Outrage followed Couch when he got a lighter sentence than expected and fled to Mexico with his mom while on probation. He remains on probation until Dec. 2023
Ethan Couch, 16, faced 20 years behind bars for killing four people in a car crash but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell all died in the June 15 accident Sergio Molina, now 16, was in the back of…
An adult court appearance for Ethan Couch was set for today. Couch, also known as “affluenza teen,” turned 19 on Monday and faced a judge, who sentenced him
his mom while he is supposed to be on probation. the probation was a gift from a judge, because let me remind you of the damage that that young man has caused society. on june 15th, 2013, a mother, a daughter, holly boyles and breabrea bre -- hollie and shelby boyles stopped to help a couple on the side of the road breanna and brian mitchell. and so this young ethan couch plowed right into them. four people dead. instead of him getting a 20-year sentence that the prosecutors wanted him to get, the judge instead gave him a decade of probation, because couch's defense was that he suffer ed
legal limit in texas, eric boyle's wife and daughter were killed. >> we had had over 180 years in life taken, future life, not 180 years lived, but 180 years of future life taken, and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> investigators say that tapes show couch and friends stealing beer from a walmart store in june, then they got drunk at a party. leaving there, police say couch gunned his pickup, going nearly 70 miles an hour in a 40. just about 400 yards down the street he slammed into holly and shelby boyles, who had stopped to help mitchell fix a flat tire. the youth pastor, brian jennings, had also stopped to help. all four were killed. he was tried as a juvenile.
he may think he's gotten away with something, but he hasn't gotten away with anything. >> the wounds that it opened only makes the healing process that much greater. and much more difficult. >> eric boyles lost his wife and daughter that night in june. >> we had over 180 years of life taken. future life not 180 years lived, but 180 future years of life taken and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> hollie and shelby boyles were helping breanna mitchell to change a flat tire. a youth pastor also stopped to help. also four were killed. >> how many were injured, do you know? >> one, two, three, multiple. i don't even know how many. yeah. >> three hours after the crash, couch's blood alcohol level was .24. three times the legal limit in
>> mr. boyles, i am so outraged and sorry and i'm just -- i appreciate you spending some time with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> eric boyles, whose wife and daughter were killed by a young drunk driver. a lot of issues to discuss, joining me now, dr. drew pinsky, and mark garragos, and sunny hostin. mark is a criminal defense attorney and sunny is a former prosecutor. drew, let me start off with you. have you heard of affluenza as a defense? >> no, it's disgusting. there is no such term.
jumped behind the wheel of his pickup truck and plowed down four people, so he is too young to drive in any alcohol in his system. so why isn't he in jail? in this case his blood alcohol measured 4.24, three times the legal limit in texas, eric boyle's wife and daughter were killed. >> we had had over 180 years of life taken, future life, not 180 years lived, but 180 years of future life taken, and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> investigators say that tapes show couch and friends stealing beer from a walmart store in june, then they got drunk at a party. leaving there, police say couch gunned his pickup, going nearly 70 miles an hour in a 40. just about 400 yards down the street, he slammed into holly and shelby boyles, who had
leaving there, police say couch gunned his pickup, going nearly 70 miles per hour in a 40. just about 400 yards down the street, he slammed into holly and shelby boyles who had stopped to help brianna mitchell fix a flat tire. youth pastor brian jennings was driving by and had also stopped to help. all of them were killed. ethan couch was charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter and tried as a juvenile. in one of the most bizarre defense strategies we've ever heard of, attorneys for couch blamed the boy's parents for his behavior that night, all because of how they raised him. a psychologist and defense witness testified the boy suffered from something called affluenza, a lifestyle where wealth brought privilege and there were no consequences for bad behavior. he cited one example where couch, then 15, was caught in a parked pickup with a naked 14-year-old girl who was passed
years lived but 180 years of future life taken and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> holly and shelby boyles were helping breanna mitchell, a 24-year-old who had a flat tire. ryan jennings also stopped to help when couch's vehicle slammed into them. all four were killed. >> how many people are injured, do you know? >> one, two, three. multiple. >> multiple? >> i don't know how many. >> reporter: three hours after the crash, couch's blood alcohol level was 0.24, three times the legal limit in texas. a psychologist testifying for the defense reportedly called couch a product of, quote, affluenza, said he was brought up to spend money instead of saying sorry. and sometimes you don't get your way. the judge opted for probation and therapy over prison time.