ETHAN COUCH, THE BOY WHO USED AFFLUENZA AS A DEFENSE TO NOT
GET ANY JAIL TIME AFTER HE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE FROM DRIVING
DRUNK, IS NOW DEALING WITH A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST
BECAUSE HE HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE
RULES OF PROBATION.
HE NEVER GOT ANY JAIL TIME, BUT HE DID GET TEN YEARS OF
PROBATION AND PART OF THE DEAL IS THAT HE NEEDS TO REPORT
TO HIS PROBATION OFFICER.
IT TURNS OUT THAT HIS PROBATION OFFICER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE
TO GET A HOLD OF HIM OR HIS MOTHER, SO THERE IS A
WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
A DALLAS-AREA JUDGE ISSUED A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST AFTER
HIS PROBATION OFFICER WAS UNABLE TO REACH HIM OR HIS MOTHER.
COUCH IS NINETEEN AND HE IS IS TWO YEARS INTO HIS TEN YEAR
PROBATION, WHICH HE RECEIVED AS
A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.
HIS BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS INSANE, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN NEAR QUADRUPLE THE ACTUAL LEGAL LIMIT.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT IT WAS ENORMOUSLY HIGH AND
CLEARLY ILLEGAL.
THE DEFENSE SAID THAT HE WAS TOO RICH TO KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES.
WELL IF YOU ACCEPT THAT DEFENSE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING
TO HAPPEN NEXT?
HE IS GOING TO KEEP VIOLATING THE LAW AND SAYING THAT THE
JUDGE TOLD HIM HE WAS TOO RICH TO KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES,
SO HE IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
HE NEVER GOT CURED FOR HIS AFFLUENZA.
IT IS AN ONGOING THEME WITH A NUMBER OF HEADLINE STORIES
WE HAVE COMMENTED ON.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IS EMBOLDENED BY THE FACT
THAT HE ALWAYS DODGES CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS
ACTIONS, SO HE JUST KEEPS GOING OUT AND CAUSING TROUBLE.
ETHAN COUCH USES THE RIDICULOUS DEFENSE OF AFFLUENZA, AND
DODGES CONSEQUENCES.
HE HAD TO GO TO REHAB, BUT HIS PARENTS GOT TO DECIDE WHICH
REHAB HE HAD TO GO TO.
THERE NEEDS TO BE REAL CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU STEAL LIQUOR FROM A WALMART, GET BEHIND THE WHEEL WHEN YOU
ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANYONE IN THE CAR, OR EVEN BE BEHIND
THE WHEEL, AND THEN YOU KILLED
FOUR PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SEVERELY PARALYZED
ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT THIS KID KEEPS GETTING IN TROUBLE
AND FACES NO CONSEQUENCES.
BY THE WAY, AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A VIDEO OF HIM
PLAYING BEER PONG.
SO, WHETHER IT IS ACTUALLY HIM IN THE VIDEO IS NOT
PERFECTLY CLEAR, BUT THAT MIGHT
BE WHY HE IS ON THE RUN.
IT IS NOT THE GUY CRASHING INTO THE TABLE, IT IS THE GUY THAT IS
ON THE SIDE.
HE IS STANDING AND WATCHING, YOU SEE HIM BARELY.
IF HE WAS NOT IN THE VIDEO, I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE WAS ON THE RUN.
OR MAYBE HE IS NOT ON THE RUN, HE IS JUST IN THE BAHAMAS, AND
THEY ARE JUST RICH AND THEY ARE LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO
FOLLOW PROBATION LIKE NORMAL
PEOPLE.
THE DEFENSE WAS THAT HE HAS AFFLUENZA, THAT HIS PARENTS
SPOILED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE HAD A HARD TIME LEARNING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
SEEMS LIKE HIS MOM IS ENABLING HIM IN THIS CASE AS WELL.
IF YOU VIOLATE PROBATION, YOU CAN GO TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME.
AND IF YOU ARE A RICH WHITE PERSON, YOU DON'T WANT TO
GO TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME.
IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY, YOU CAN GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE JUST RAN?
WE HAVE EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH MANY COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD, IT WOULD BE A RIDICULOUS
THING IF HE DID DO THAT.
BUT SINCE HE HAS REALLY GOOD LAWYERS, I'M SURE HE COULD
BEAT THAT AGAIN.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW, IT HAS JUST BEEN TWO DAYS, HE COULD POP
OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND SAY HE WAS ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT RIGHT NOW HE COULD BE IN A WORLD
OF TROUBLE.