A man who became known as the “affluenza teen” for his unusual defense at a 2013 manslaughter trial was set to be released from a
Texas jail after prosecutors raised questions Friday about a drug test that triggered an alleged probation violation.
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Ethan Couch, 22, avoided
prison following his initial conviction for killing four people while driving drunk.
Couch was arrested Thursday after probation officers reported that a drug monitoring patch he wears returned a “weak positive” result for THC, the psychoactive substance found in marijuana, District Attorney Sharen Wilson said in a statement.