Tonya Couch allegedly withdrew $30K before Mexico trip

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CNN

Tonya Couch allegedly withdrew $30K before Mexico trip

'Affluenza' teen's mother arraigned Friday

UPDATED 9:46 AM EST Jan 09, 2016

By Faith Karimi and Catherine E. Shoichet CNN

(CNN) —Before Tonya Couch and her son fled to Mexico, she withdrew $30,000 from her account and told her husband he'll not see them again, an arrest affidavit stated.

Authorities accuse Couch of helping her son, Ethan, the so-called affluenza teen, leave the country to avoid a probation hearing that may have led to jail time for him.

Tonya Couch faces a charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon, and was arraigned Friday in Fort Worth. She did not enter a formal plea.

She arrived in Texas on Thursday after a Los Angeles judge approved her extradition over a week after Mexican authorities detained mother and son in a Pacific resort town.

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[Proserpina]

1. MOre money than brains

$30k and a "kiss off" to hubby is not going to get her a decent lawyer, even.

[DhhD]

2. My question is, How did the 18 year old son get to Mexico? no text

[catbyte]

3. Mom drove him from Texas in her fancy schmancy pickup truck.

[left-of-center2012]

4. What I would have done

Before going on the run,
open a bank account in, and transfer her millions to
a country with no extradition treaty with the United States.

These countries currently have no extradition treaty with the United States:
http://www.wsfa.com/story/22665099/countries-with-no-extradition-treaty-with-us

[no_hypocrisy]

5. She didn't take enough money.

That's barely enough for 30 nights of strip bars for sonny.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. $30k American...

can set you up pretty decently for 2 or 3 years in Mexico. That is about it.

[tblue37]

15. In just one night he ran up a $2,100 tab so I think two weeks is more likely

than a whole month.

[passiveporcupine]

7. I hope she spends some time in prison over this

She has no right protecting her son from the repercussions of driving drunk and killing people.

Money does not mean you get away with everything. Or at least it shouldn't.

[Sunlei]

8. Not enough for a months stay in a upscale resort.

[NCjack]

10. Dad must be excited to have them back home.

Perhaps they can get the judge that started this.

[Nitram]

11. So , can anybody tell me what the fascination with this case is all about?

Some snot-nosed rich kid and his mother hide out in Mexico but get caught. So what? Kid goes to jail, case closed.

[Cal Carpenter]

12. "Affluenza". That's the fascination. Kid should have gone to jail when he killed

4 people and injured a dozen or so others in a terrible drunk driving crash.

The judge let him off with only probation because of "affluenza", a word coined by the defense attorney.

Dumbass couldn't follow the rules of probation and rather than face the music he fled to Mexico with mommy in the most amateurish way possible.

He's not just any snot-nosed rich kid. He is the current poster child for the benefits of racial and class privilege.

It's a train wreck and many people are waiting for the sweet feeling of schadenfreude when (if?) his victims and their families get justice.

That's the short version.

[tblue37]

14. He is probably a lot like Donald Trump was as a kid--totally entitled. nt

[Nitram]

16. The story ended for me when they re-arrested him.

He's in jail for sure now.

[tblue37]

13. Well, $30,000 wouldn't last them long--especially at the rate that kid spent money

on booze and strippers.

Obviously the mother has no clear sense of what things cost if she thought they would be fine with $30,000 and no further source of income after cutting off all ties with her husband.

[olddots]

17. This kid may be the 30 thousand dollar virgin