EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ETHAN COUCH, THE SO-CALLED
AFFLUENZA TEEN WHO FLED HIS OWN PROBATION, HAS BEEN CAUGHT
IN MEXICO WITH HIS MOTHER.
INITIAL REPORTS OF THIS
INDICATED THAT, SINCE HE VIOLATED
HIS PROBATION, HE WAS GOING TO FACE TEN YEARS BEHIND BARS,
BUT NOW IT TURNS OUT THAT IF HE IS CONVICTED OF DOING ANYTHING
WRONG, HE WILL ONLY FACE A WHOPPING 120 DAYS BEHIND BARS.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON HOW HE GOT CAUGHT.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN A SNAPCHAT VIDEO OF HIM WAS
LEAKED THAT ALLEGEDLY SHOWED HIM PLAYING PIERPONT, OR AT
LEAST BEING
PRESENT WHEN OTHERS WERE PLAYING BEER PONG.
THAT VIOLATES HIS PROBATION, AND IF HE VIOLATES HIS
PROBATION HE IS GOING TO FINALLY SERVE SOME TIME BEHIND BARS.
HIS MOTHER KNEW THAT, AND COPS WERE SAYING THAT ONCE HIS MOTHER
KNEW THAT WOULD HAPPEN SHE THREW A PARTY FOR HIM AT HOME, HIS
LAST PARTY, AND THEN THEY FLED TO MEXICO.
"HE WAS DETAINED MONDAY IN THE MEXICAN PACIFIC RESORT TOWN
OF PUERTO VALLARTA ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER.
IT IS BELIEVED HE MAY HAVE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION BY
SKIPPING TOWN EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER HE WAS TIED TO A VIDEO
THAT SURFACED ONLINE AND MAY SHOW HIM DRINKING ñ A VIOLATION
OF HIS PROBATION."
HE HAD THAT CLEVER DISGUISE YOU ARE SEEING IN THE PICTURE BEHIND US.
HE DYED HIS HAIR DARK, THINKING HE WOULD ESCAPE THE AUTHORITIES.
WHAT IS INCREDIBLE IS THAT YOU CANNOT GET AWAY WITH CRIMES BY
FLEEING TO MEXICO, THE MOVIES
AREN'T TRUE.
BACK IN THE DAY, IN THE LATE 1800S YOU COULD GET AWAY
WITH IT BECAUSE NO ONE WAS GOING TO CHASE YOU DOWN THERE.
THESE DAYS, WE EXTRADITE PEOPLE.
OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO FIND YOU!
ITíS NOT THAT COMPLICATED,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE HANGING OUT IN A RESORT.
A MASSIVE TOURIST RESORT, PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GOING
TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
HE IS LIKE, I DYED MY HAIR, NO
ONE IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE ME.
THE REASON THEY WERE DETAINED INITIALLY IS BECAUSE THEY
WERE IN MEXICO WITHOUT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
ISN'T THAT IRONIC?
HIS MOM IS NOW FACING CHARGES FOR HELPING HIM FLEE THE
COUNTRY.
SHE COULD FACE TEN YEARS IN PRISON, HOWEVER HE IS ONLY
FACING 120 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING.
THIS WAS JUST REPORTED.
HE IS STILL ON PROBATION, BUT IT IS BEING HANDLED BY THE
JUVENILE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO PUT HIM IN
DETENTION UNTIL HIS NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY IN APRIL, AT WHICH
POINT HE WOULD HAVE TO BE RELEASED.
THE REMAINDER OF HIS TEN YEARS OF PROBATION WOULD ROLL
OVER TO ADULT COURT, BUT AT THAT POINT HE WOULD BE FREE.
AND THEN HE WILL RUN AWAY TO CANCUN AND BE LIKE, I MADE IT!
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM AS AN ADULT, WE STILL DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POINT.
HE MIGHT CLAIM AFFLUENZA AGAIN.
IRONICALLY, HE HAS A CASE.
HE IS LIKE, YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT, I REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS.
I THOUGHT IF I WENT TO MEXICO AND HUNG OUT AT PUERTO
VALLARTA I WOULD GET AWAY WITH IT.
HE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND HIS ACTIONS.
THE ORIGINAL CASE WAS THAT HIS PARENTS WERE SO RICH THAT THEY
SHOWED HIM HE GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING IF HE WAS RICH ENOUGH.
SO HERE WAS HIS MOM REINFORCING THAT.
IF I WAS HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY I WOULD BE LIKE, LOOK, HIS
MOM DID IT AGAIN.
IF I WAS A JUDGE, WOULD I LISTEN TO THAT BULLSHIT?
OF COURSE NOT, BUT THE MOM HERE, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH BAD
THINGS ABOUT HER.
SHE IS A TERRIBLE PERSON.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU A TERRIBLE PERSON WHO IS AIDING AND
ABETTING ALL SORTS OF THINGS, AND FOUR PEOPLE GOT KILLED IN
THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT.
DON'T YOU HAVE ANY CONSCIENCE ABOUT THAT?
DON'T YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT?
BUT TO THROW A PARTY FOR YOUR KID BEFORE YOU GO TO MEXICO.
THINK ABOUT HOW PROFOUNDLY STUPID SHE IS.
OH YEAH, I'LL MAKE A GETAWAY.
DIDN'T YOU LOOK UP EXTRADITIONS?
I AM TOLD ALL THE TIME THAT THE RICH EARNED THEIR WEALTH, AND
WE SHOULDN'T TOUCH IT BECAUSE WE DON'T DESERVE ANY OF IT.
THEY ARE SMARTER THAN US, AND THAT IS WHY SHE DID NOT
GOOGLE EXTRADITION TREATIES AND FIND OUT WHICH COUNTRIES
HAVE EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH US.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER LEVEL, YOU IDIOT, IT WAS GOING
TO BE REALLY HARD TO PROVE IT WAS YOU
IN THE SNAPCHAT VIDEO, AND WE DON'T EVEN SEE YOU DRINKING IN THE VIDEO.
AND WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY PANICKED.
HE GOT AWAY WITH KILLING FOUR
PEOPLE BEFORE, YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN
GET AWAY WITH A SNAPCHAT VIDEO?
NOW, IT BY DEFINITION, EVEN WITHOUT THE VIDEO WE CAN
PUT YOU AWAY.
AND HE RAN AWAY, WHICH SHOWS GUILT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HATCHED THIS PLAN, AND EVERYBODY
WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT PUERTO VALLARTA, THAT'S A
GREAT IDEA, LET'S DO IT.
MY GUESS IS THAT THEY PANICKED OVER THE VIDEO
BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE EVIDENCE.
IF HE IS OPENLY GOING OUT THERE AND VIOLATING HIS PROBATION,
OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEAK OTHER THINGS ABOUT HIM.
I THINK IT IS EASY FOR HIM TO GET CAUGHT.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW THEY REALLY DID NOT THINK THAT
AUTHORITIES WOULD FIND THEM IN MEXICO, OR THAT THEY WOULD NOT
BE EXTRADITED TO THE U.S.
BUT THAT IS EVENTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED.
EVEN THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THE MOST TIME HE IS GOING TO
SPEND BEHIND BARS IS 120 DAYS.
KEEP IN MIND, THERE ARE OVER 3000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE
FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENSES.
AND THIS GUY WAS ABLE TO LITERALLY GET AWAY WITH MURDER.