FORT WORTH, Texas—A Texan who killed four people while driving drunk as a teen, then avoided prison by blaming his wealthy upbringing, was released from jail on Monday after serving nearly two years for violating probation in the case, officials said. Ethan Couch garnered international attention in 2013 as the “affluenza teen” when his lawyers argued his privileged childhood impaired his ability to tell right from wrong. Now 20, he walked free from a jail in Fort Worth, where he served time after fleeing to Mexico and then being found in violation of the probation he received for the fatal crash. Couch was silent as he left the corrections facility with an attorney by his side. A black Tesla sedan whisked him away.
Ethan Couch closes the door to a vehicle that was waiting for him after being released from the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., April 2, 2018. Reuters/Nick Oxford
