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‘Affluenza Teen’ Ethan Couch Allowed to Remove Ankle Monitor

Released in April 2018 under strict monitoring.

Almost a year year after his prison release, 21-year-old Ethan Couch will be allowed to remove his GPS monitor on Monday, according to court documents. Couch became known as the “affluenza teen” after a psychologist suggested—during his 2013 trial for killing four people during an underage drunk-driving accident—that his wealthy upbringing left him with an affliction, which no medical expert agreed existed. Couch served almost two years in jail after he fled to Mexico in December 2015 with his mother, violating the terms of his probation. He was released from Texas prison in April 2018, under three conditions: a GPS monitor, a curfew at 9 p.m., and alcohol and drug testing.

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