A Tarrant County judge has revoked the bond for Tonya Couch, the mother of infamous “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch, according to court documents obtained by WFAA.
Her bond was revoked Wednesday afternoon after she didn't pass a urine test, the documents said. It was not immediately clear what substance she tested positive for. The order came through Criminal Distrcit Court 2, which is typically Judge Wayne Salvant's court.
Tonya had been out of jail on bond while facing charges in connection her fleeing to Mexico with her son, Ethan Couch, in 2015.
She was booked into the Tarrant County Corrections Center Wednesday, records show.
Her attorney, Steve Gordon, declined comment. She declined an interview request.
About nine months ago, it was Salvant who elected not to put Couch in jail after two reports of her violating her bond conditions. Separate witnesses reported seeing her sipping a beer at a sports bar in North Fort Worth and holding a firearm at a gun show.
Salvant chose to slightly enhance Couch’s bond conditions and warned her to make better decisions.
"The eyes of Texas are looking upon you,” Salvant told her. “You understand that?"
Couch was charged with money laundering and hindering the apprehension of a felon when she notoriously fled to Mexico with her son in December 2015 after he was apparently captured on video violating his probation by playing beer pong.
Ethan Couch had been on probation for killing four people in a drunken driving crash in 2013, when he was 16.
After him and Tonya Couch fled in 2015, they were caught weeks later after calling for a pizza in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.
Ethan, who will turn 21 next month, is set to be released from jail next week after serving almost two years in the Tarrant County Jail for violating his probation.
Couch and his family made national headlines for the 2013 crash.
A psychologist at his trial testified that Couch had "affluenza," meaning that his upbringing and his family's weal prevented him from having an understanding of the consequences of his actions.
Juvenile court Judge Jean Boyd gave Couch 10 years of probation for the crash, a punishment that many people felt was too light.
