Yeah he then fled the country after he was seen playing beer pong with friends then spent 2 years in jail and is now released just in time for his 21st birthday I’m sure he will celebrate with alcohol while 4 other people don’t even get to breathe
Oh my bad, guess if he only killed 4 he should walk. What the fuck is a derp? I think you mean twerp. Like a punk ass kid. I'm sure you see that in the mirror every day.💀
I’ll never get over how disgusting this judge was about this case. Imagine letting a dude walk away from driving under the influence and taking lives from other people just because he’s rich. But they’ll lock you up for getting a speeding ticket or having marijuana on you. That makes so much sense. I despise the court system nowadays.
Was this his first run-in with the law? Most states have a deferred adjudication program where you don’t have to go to prison on your first offense. Didn’t this kid get like 10 years of probation? That stuff isn’t a walk in the park either.
You don't even know the half of it. After this he was arrested in Mexico with his mother after failing to check in with his probation officer and served 2 years. Then he was arrested again on a probation violation for smoking weed and was let out after 1 day. It's a fucking diacrace.
We as Americans also call 16 a child/minor when the vast majority of Americans are cool with or do not care about a 16 year old legally driving a car "when they can kill someone" or when the commit premeditated murder and being treated like an adult. When it comes to sex they get treated like a child/minor even when they agree to it which is hypocritical even though there is a context they can be legally married at both 16 and 17. You want to talk like the judge is corrupt but the laws that defend 16 is a child/minor/baby also defend the judge and 16 year old too.
I hate it when reporters use the phrase "in the wrong place at the wrong time." His victims were where they were supposed to be, minding their own business. HE was the one who was out doing what he had no business doing, NOT them.
@@youtubehatesfreespeech2245 I've worked in places where "white people" are browsing Amazon and Reddit while doing their job using company hours. So don't you date tell me that. Ever race has people who are very diligent in their work
roguegirl29 The phrase “in the wrong place in the wrong time” isn’t usually used to say someone was somewhere they weren’t supposed to be. I don’t think anyone is trying to blame the victims.
Wow hearing that father not able to recognize his own daughter is truly heartbreaking. It's so tragic and what's worse is that boy faced no consequences
My sister in law was just killed in july by a tree that fell on her trailer..it crushed her it she was completely unrecognizable it was horrifying and will scar us forever
iknowyouarebutwhatami are YOU dumb? Smuggling in foreign things from other countries is a FELONY. Don’t believe it? Try google lmfao Smuggling in and of itself, is a felony offense. Just like piracy. #themoreyouknow 💯
@@PixieLove5 Your name is why I'm a bookworm! My mom bought me the book and I refused because I thought it was churchy since she was hardcore Catholic and I was a goth 90's Marilyn Manson teen lol. Finished it in 2 days, bought every sequel to it, and started reading 24/7. I'd be grounded from books instead of friends. Now as a teacher, I frequently assign it to my students who hate reading. Even my son asked if there's a part 2 or "are you gonna leave me hanging?"
@Heywood Jablowme that's cardboard cutout version of what a white persons life is like. The victims were white yet they received no justice from a judicial system that favors white people? ?? Its money and status my friend, race isnt the answer to everything
That was still an underage boy. Other countries won't give underaged a jail sentence. Regardless of his wealth or his attourney and not because. There is no affluenza in Germany. No jailtime for kids.
My car was hit by a drunk driver and totaled. Some teenager in a big truck just like this who fled the scene and was arrested after leaving his license plate imbedded in my bumper. My thoughts after walking out of work to see my car folded in half was “thank god i wasn’t in the car I would be dead.” But the next day, my friend drove me to work and on the highway, someone hit us and pushed us into the barrier, and we had to go in the ambulance to the hospital. Life is crazy but I could have died two times within 18 hours so you have to be thankful. I have no sympathy for anyone who drives intoxicated and puts other people’s lives in danger.
As a 11 year old child who survived a terrifying car crash with 2 cars involved, this sickens me that a teen who killed *4* people and didn't get any jail time is honestly disappointing.
the judge is not a god he has to follow the laws and some real good lawyers made the judge do what he did. this is a minor remember. You know like the poor kid that gets pushed in to a gang, and shoots some one and wants a break.
@@doctormcgoveran2194 The fact you think a good lawyer can save someone from punishment of a crime as heinous as this that they clearly committed is abysmal. A good lawyer may help reduce time, but less than a year sentence? I'm sorry, but not even the BEST LAWYER IN THE WORLD should be able to convince a quadruple murder + 14 other injured from DUI to bring a sentence to less than a year. People typically serve at least a few years for a SINGLE drunk driving murder, much less multiple. In this case, I wouldn't doubt if the judge was paid off and it had nothing to do with a good lawyer. This judge should be debarred and removed.
Always the drunk drives never die it’s always the innocent that pass away . Him not getting sentenced was a huge punch in the face for the families of the people that passed , they got no justice at all so sad I would be so angry
Connor Townsend Townsend- Then you are just ignorant, anyone that’s not of social stranding or white would most likely get life for the deaths of 4 people. Go look at other cases that involves poor, or people of color and that’s including every race that’s brought down by society aka racist white people or racist people in general.
Connor Townsend Townsend/ Just because YOU don’t experience what minority’s experience doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen because it does happen and us minority’s can see that clear as days.
@Slit Wrist Misfit people aren't stupid, they know that alcohol will impair their senses and can cause them to have an accident, if they still drive knowing that they may kill someone, they should respond for their actions.
@Slit Wrist Misfit Slit Wrist Misfit well we both agree that his sentence was a joke, he will most likely do it again. I thought you were defending the guy by saying that he committed manslaughter. I see your point and I agree he didn't have the intention of killing the people, but I bet he wasn't remorseful when he realized what he did .
@@woahitscoby9122 and the man above was implying that he was lacking a brain in general. alluding to the fact that a rat with a tiny brain wouldn't have done this.
If he was really so pampered that he didn't know right from wrong, then that was all the more reason for him to be put in jail. Let the prison teach him what his parents failed to.
This judge is a plain fool. He should be JAILED too. That stupid kid deserved a lifetime in jail. The parents are irresponsible like I have never seen before. Such a lovely world these days.
Judge can't do much about it, he has to go by the laws and they are very well developed in this area. It is not a judge makes will call system.If the judge wanted to give him a stiff penalty it may get flipped on appeal.
@@doctormcgoveran2194 are you serious? Dude should have gotten 4 counts of vehicular manslaughter, endangering how many lives?, reckless op, DUI. The judge 100% was paid for the deal or the Couchs lawyer knew some shit about the Judge or was owed one by the judge. That's how the judicial system really works.
Rich kid gets away with murder because apparently he didn't learn right from wrong from his parents.... if that was his defense, why are so many people in jail... oh thats right, because they can't afford an army of lawyers and probably paying off a few people too.
far exponent how does it not make sense. If someone kills someone. That’s someone’s life. A whole fucking life. I think they deserve to die if they want to take and end someone’s life.
@@NearPanther92 No it’s the system that creates guidelines for crimes that all must follow. That’s why a kid who sold edibles got life and this guy can kill multiple people and not spend a day in jail.
It's not the US justice system. It's the judge. I smell a bribe. Hopefully evidence comes to light of what truly happened and he gets retried and sentenced to life along with the judge. Unfortunately there is no such thing as a perfect criminal justice system.
The most blatant sign of bad parenting in America is giving your kid a brand new car but not being bothered to teach them to drive. So many teens driving shiny Jeeps and F-150s with no impulse control at all
@@get_it8473 r just keep em in your basement and feed him catfood and make him shit and piss where he stands and maybe shoot him with a bb gun every once and a while...
@@subzerofromny735 the literal definition of affluenza: a psychological malaise supposedly affecting wealthy young people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation. You do realize there are wealthy people who aren't white right? Like I'm white and broke as shit and don't get shit from anyone. I've met spoiled brats of all races in high school. Affluenza is rich people being assholes. Also, its not hard to google, you should try it next time before saying something is what it's not. Mkay?
@@subzerofromny735 dude you are starting with the wrong person because my thing is that kid should be sitting behind bars but isnt because his parents bought out the system. Go use the wonderful internet that you use to spread your false hate to look up spoiled rich brats and go and see how diverse they are. A girl I went to school with was a minority but daddy was a cop and she got put of multiple underages and DUI's just off her fathers prowess. Also, you are racist if you can call something a "white persons disease" when thats not what it means at all. But way to shape it to fit your messed up agenda. This conversation is over, I don't waste my time on martyrs.
I can’t even imagine the horror and devastation this kid caused. When this father told his kids to pray , I lost it. God will be there to help them through this nightmare. God please protect these families and comfort them.
@@-_--_--- why must you be so angry? If you believe the word snowflake is an insult you're incorrect. 1 might be thin and melt quickly but many "snowflakes" can cause an avalanche. So I'll be a snowflake any day 😉
@@marieasmr9285 You obviously thought snowflake was an insult because you thought I was angry when I used that word and started ranting off about the word "snowflake" you make no sense snowflake 🥴 You were clearly the angry one here to begin since you said "tHiS sToRy aNgErS mE sO mUcH"
@@marieasmr9285 "that comment was meant to cause anger but it didn't" yet me the person who typed the comment said it wasn't. You make no sense I already said what I said that me calling you a snowflake obviously bothered you since you proceeded ranting about it. You're not fooling anybody bud I didn't meant it as an insult but you did and I really don't care if you took it like that. I wanted to say something so therefore I said it 🤷🏻♂️
omg the poor father :( They honestly need much harsher sentences for DUIs. So many people do it and don't take it seriously because the punishment is so negligible
@@chemo6685 well there's a limit I allow, I don't mean to get absolute wrecked like low tolerance people do and go out,drive, end up getting drug tested .... I'm more accepting to the idea that someone shouldn't use high nor medium amounts generally speaking if your a medical user and you need to drive, take a bit until the pains away and you're not intoxicated. I should've added more context as here in the UK medical users who drive and only have took small amounts a day or something along those lines are getting their licenses revoked... that I don't agree with there need to be a reasonable limit just like alcohol.
@@youtubehatesfreespeech2245 bullshit. I maybe white, but I've gone to many places... I've seen many different races of people working just as hard as the others. But, elitist snobs are the social minority... only 1%of this country... THEY NEVER DO SHIT. But had Couch done th is in my home state, he would get no less than life in prison.
honest to god? I think that he is to blame but so are all the people who he was drinking with that decided they wanted to go to the store and decided to get into that truck with him knowing that they were all drunk. He deserves massive amounts of punishment but so do the people that joined in with him.
Vehicular manslaughter, they can't charge him with murder because there was no "intent". In other words, he wasn't trying to kill anybody, he was just "negligent" or, being stupid, which resulted in 4 fatalities.
This kid's parents is being sued into oblivion by at least 5 different cases. I hope all of it succeeds and this family ends up rummaging in the scraps for the rest of their pathetic lives.
Banning alcohol will not stop drunk driving just like taking away guns won't stop criminals from using them to kill others. In this case Ethan should have been given at least 20 years in prison for killing those 4 people.
This case just got so much better. He and his mama flew the coop. They're now fugitives. I hope the judge is proud of himself for falling for this crap like an idiot.
@MSO they're running Republican in a wealthy Republican dominated area... That judge could diddle a cub scout in church on christmas day and still get reelected...
Don't forget how the prosecution only ended up this kid to be only in probation, and since the incident, this person has violated his probation **MULTIPLE** times. This not only proves the injustice of the system but also a huge slap to the face to the victims that the person who caused the death of 4 people and traumatized many more was only put on probation. So much for equality.
It was manslaughter and drunk driving, he deserves life in prison. If a family member of mine died because of his retardedness I would probably drive to wherever he was, (didn't watch the whole thing yet so I don't know if he is in a mental hospital) but I'd drive to him, take a sharp ass knife, (I'm not talking kitchen knife) I'm talking tactical dagger shove it into the back of his leg as hard as I can and stab him in the back a full minute later to make him experience some of the pain whoever he killed went through
So because he never learned his actions have consequences, he gets a sentence which doesn´t show him that his actions have serious consequences. Yeah, sounds good to me. Affluenca btw isn´t even a real disorder, it is made up. America you rock!
I don’t want to know what it’s like to find your child’s body in a condition that makes you go “I think that’s her....it doesn’t look like her”. I can’t begin to imagine the trauma he struggles with.
I don’t care how spoiled you are, EVERYONE knows you don’t drink and drive. Let alone speeding whilst you’re driving drunk. Those that drink and drive are just selfish, they don’t think about the other people that they may injure and/or kill. The fact he basically got away with it and then got pictures at a party was disgusting. The judge took a leap of faith in him, that you’d learn your lesson. But he basically slapped him in the face.
I just watched a video of a woman accidentally killing three people in a drunk driving accident she showed true remorse and was truly regretful and she got 51 years🤦🏾♀️
This is ridiculous. That this rich and probably snotty piece of trash got out of a prison sentence because of social status. If I was the judge on this case, I would send him to prison and revoke his license
+Mandy Ashby You would have made a good judgment. The world is not fair. If the shoe was on the other foot and this brat was killed by a drunk driver, his parents would have made sure that the person responsible would go to jail.
Hey, question for the people replying to comments here solely to talk shit with no point ( because apparently some people actually sit here defending this kid i guess) is your life really that sad?
No affluenza is a serious illness there’s not to many cures frankly I couldn’t imagine having to go through life with that disease I say we should help him buy running his head over with the tire of a semi truck
In Redondo Beach, 3 christmas ago , a drunk driver crashed into 3 cars passing a red light he was pronounce dead at the scene. That's the only one I seen where drunk driver dies. I just happened to be passing by after the accident. Nobody put candles for him after.
Hey don't you dare call him a nigga! He is a devoted and sophisticated white man. You show respect Do You Hear Me, listen to me when I'm talking to you dammit! Now go on upstairs and think about what you just said. Your brother or sister will go and get ya when dinner is ready.
Justin McCoy You’re the definition of a pussy bru😭🤣 commenting on stuff that don’t got shit to do with you to make up for the feeling of neglect you got as a child
That son of a bitch deserves to rot in prison for the rest of his life. Even if it was argued that he didn't mean it, that's still four counts of manslaughter, compounded with a DUI which makes it exponentially worse. I have nothing but disrespect for this judge.
Duesal Bladesinger this is why I could never work in a bar I would hold anybody that drank even one alcohol beverage hostage until they got somebody or a cab to pick them up and make sure their driver isn't a drunk my family lost three family members to drunks
Reckless homicide carries like a year in jail at the most... it wouldn't even be a long hard prison sentence. He did serve 2 years eventually after he ran to Mexico.
I bet he didn't feel an ounce of guilt for what he did! He took those wonderful people. Murdered them and then tried to make it look like it wasn't his fault. Please! How could you even live with yourself knowing you are responsible for so much loss and pain and misery?!
No jail time for killing four people? One of the most disgusting things I have heard in a long time.
Money talks. It talks far too much in this country
Yeah he then fled the country after he was seen playing beer pong with friends then spent 2 years in jail and is now released just in time for his 21st birthday I’m sure he will celebrate with alcohol while 4 other people don’t even get to breathe
Yeah it's cuz he's white and rich
Money is the root of all evil
@@thegoatxxx5949 if you hate money much, then get rid of ur clothes.
The judge needs to be investigated. Something rotten going on here. You can't kill 7 people drunk driving and not go to prison.
Oh my bad, guess if he only killed 4 he should walk. What the fuck is a derp?
I think you mean twerp. Like a punk ass kid. I'm sure you see that in the mirror every day.💀
Maniac Rider AGREED. I smell SOMETHING FISHY!
I agree. I feel like maybe there was alot of cash involved. So fucked up.
@Heywood Jablowme What the fuck does the number matter? If he killed even one person he deserves prison time.
@@ManiacRider3113 lol search derp and youll see what he means it's funny af
That judge should be fired and thrown into prison. What a sick joke.
Exactly.
@ So you wouldn't care if your mommy or daughter if u had 1 got killed..
And the guy didn't get time
Ammathein no because of what he did that was so clearly wrong
@@jaydonjohnston798 I garuntee your below the age of 15
@@ok-ye3wr he is
I’ll never get over how disgusting this judge was about this case. Imagine letting a dude walk away from driving under the influence and taking lives from other people just because he’s rich. But they’ll lock you up for getting a speeding ticket or having marijuana on you. That makes so much sense. I despise the court system nowadays.
The court system is good. It’s good to know that if you’re stacked enough, got enough bread, you don’t have to worry about seeing a prison cell…ever
Underaged drinking is a crime in itself - THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO BE DISBARRED!!!
Speeding is one of the leading causes of vehicular homicide, but if you mean hassling people over 10 miles over the limit, I agree with you.
Was this his first run-in with the law? Most states have a deferred adjudication program where you don’t have to go to prison on your first offense. Didn’t this kid get like 10 years of probation? That stuff isn’t a walk in the park either.
You don't even know the half of it. After this he was arrested in Mexico with his mother after failing to check in with his probation officer and served 2 years. Then he was arrested again on a probation violation for smoking weed and was let out after 1 day. It's a fucking diacrace.
When people can get years for weed but a rich kid walks free with multiple murders
Vehicular manslaughter*, murder is premeditated and committed out of cold blood, this was negligence and stupidity.
I agree, he deserves a lengthy prison sentence
@@mattdenson1999 I consider it murder. He was playing "chicken" with people's lives with the intent to kill
Evan K smh
So sick
Imagine losing your wife of probably 20 years and your daughter and having to carry on with life. Your house has to feel so empty.
@LesterChesterSylvester TheMolester burn
@Alana Flewelling Yep. And if you'd go to kill him, you'd get 20 years in prison. Love it
@@samaki8525 worth it tho
@@samaki8525 id rather serve 20 years than let him walk free.
@@hboogy101 what'd he say?
Imagine killing 4 people while drunk, 16 years old, not getting any jail time.
Imagine having the last name couch
Rattlesnake It’s funny how less than worthless people like this end up enjoying so much wealth.
We as Americans also call 16 a child/minor when the vast majority of Americans are cool with or do not care about a 16 year old legally driving a car "when they can kill someone" or when the commit premeditated murder and being treated like an adult.
When it comes to sex they get treated like a child/minor even when they agree to it which is hypocritical even though there is a context they can be legally married at both 16 and 17.
You want to talk like the judge is corrupt but the laws that defend 16 is a child/minor/baby also defend the judge and 16 year old too.
Rattlesnake In my country, killing people while drunk results in life imprisonment.
Dan Raiders Warriors Sharks Giants I couldn’t have said it better. The hypocrisy when it comes to “minors” is astonishing.
My 7th grade history teacher was Mr. couch
Should have given him 110 years.
That is if he showed remorse and guilt for his crime. (And if he wasn’t drunk) 😔
I hate it when reporters use the phrase "in the wrong place at the wrong time." His victims were where they were supposed to be, minding their own business. HE was the one who was out doing what he had no business doing, NOT them.
True good thinking but he doesn't get jail? Why? Money or skin color? Both? Something wrong here
@@bryanbarrera1561 Both, I'd say.
@@youtubehatesfreespeech2245 I've worked in places where "white people" are browsing Amazon and Reddit while doing their job using company hours. So don't you date tell me that. Ever race has people who are very diligent in their work
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE IGNORANT PEOPLE WHO STILL THINK THEY’RE RIGHT!!
roguegirl29 The phrase “in the wrong place in the wrong time” isn’t usually used to say someone was somewhere they weren’t supposed to be. I don’t think anyone is trying to blame the victims.
I’m sick of rich people getting away with so much.
I know this dumbass kid just killed 4 people. And richness got him out of it.🤬
He paid the judge I bet
Like Donald Trump.
I agree MsBrasil, Money can be power, but it can also turn you into an arrogant and selfish bitchhole
@@Amaruforlife please explain
Negligent parents + spoiled child = worst case scenario.
welcome to the White world of America!
Diogenes the Cynic you are beyond stupid. this video shows all the evidence
Kien Nguyen 400th like
Takingout thetrash in your tiny pea brain you think no white people are poor, ok. wake the fuck up
I'm white and I'm poor but theres other colors that are rich to AND THEY GET AWAY WITH STUFF TO MONEY TALKS IDIOTS NOT YOUR COLOR
Wow hearing that father not able to recognize his own daughter is truly heartbreaking. It's so tragic and what's worse is that boy faced no consequences
@Bell Lyn Bays Rays Briel Lee Ant Tas ?
My sister in law was just killed in july by a tree that fell on her trailer..it crushed her it she was completely unrecognizable it was horrifying and will scar us forever
@@Drod11z ignore them, they’re just a troll
People got years In prison for smuggling avocados across the border but this kid gets out Scott free
Literally nobody has gotten years of prison time for smuggling avocados. Are you dumb?
iknowyouarebutwhatami are YOU dumb? Smuggling in foreign things from other countries is a FELONY. Don’t believe it? Try google lmfao
Smuggling in and of itself, is a felony offense. Just like piracy.
#themoreyouknow 💯
@@PixieLove5 Yeah, thats why they get years of prison.
Heaven Leigh Casteel yea cuz people put drugs in them
@@PixieLove5 Your name is why I'm a bookworm! My mom bought me the book and I refused because I thought it was churchy since she was hardcore Catholic and I was a goth 90's Marilyn Manson teen lol. Finished it in 2 days, bought every sequel to it, and started reading 24/7. I'd be grounded from books instead of friends. Now as a teacher, I frequently assign it to my students who hate reading. Even my son asked if there's a part 2 or "are you gonna leave me hanging?"
that dude lost his daughter and wife. how is he even able to appear on camera
Probably did it in determination that justice would be served.
I do wonder that aswell
@@KyleSurette13 real talk
I waz thinking the same thing.
How couldn't he ? He needs and wants to be heard.
Getting years in prison for weed, but killing 4 people and injuring 10 more while being drinking and driving not even going to jail
Government doesn't profit from weed.....sometimes.
@Heywood Jablowme that's cardboard cutout version of what a white persons life is like. The victims were white yet they received no justice from a judicial system that favors white people? ??
Its money and status my friend, race isnt the answer to everything
@Heywood Jablowme *luckily he's rich
@@elmo2800 really??? Make this kid black.....
Elmo where white peoples have a more diverse spread of the national wealth, while black people are disproportionately working poor. Just stop ✋ 🛑
That boy needs to be held accountable! It's sad how money rules while others are suffering their losses.
The parents should be held accountable also.
Basically if ur rich u can play gta5 irl
Lmaoo
True true
well heres proof
Yep you right
Like the governments do, nothing new.
You know what cures affluenza? Experiencing consequences for one's actions.
guillotine.
I agree. I love my kids but I wouldn’t let them get away with something like this.
*Death
White boy
That was still an underage boy. Other countries won't give underaged a jail sentence. Regardless of his wealth or his attourney and not because. There is no affluenza in Germany. No jailtime for kids.
My car was hit by a drunk driver and totaled. Some teenager in a big truck just like this who fled the scene and was arrested after leaving his license plate imbedded in my bumper. My thoughts after walking out of work to see my car folded in half was “thank god i wasn’t in the car I would be dead.” But the next day, my friend drove me to work and on the highway, someone hit us and pushed us into the barrier, and we had to go in the ambulance to the hospital. Life is crazy but I could have died two times within 18 hours so you have to be thankful. I have no sympathy for anyone who drives intoxicated and puts other people’s lives in danger.
Your not meant to live i guess maybe now you cant die..????
craxygirl we're glad you're still here :)
that guy got the worst case of karma ever lol
yea whoa same thing happened to me also man xd xd
I wish someone would hit his car and kill him in drunk driving and the guy that kills him uses affluenza
As a 11 year old child who survived a terrifying car crash with 2 cars involved, this sickens me that a teen who killed *4* people and didn't get any jail time is honestly disappointing.
Kid murders 4 people and it's disappointing? It's downright abhorrent. He should have been sent to the chair for this
I feel awful for the father who lost his wife and daughter R.I.P
SwiFtRush3r it’s bullshit
Even worse it was the day before Fathers Day
I feel bad for all the familys
At that point how does someone move forward from that? Your entire family gone to some piece of shit?
@Trinexx007 your a bitch then
The judge heard all these people and their sides of the story and still said “nah, he good”
the judge is not a god he has to follow the laws and some real good lawyers made the judge do what he did. this is a minor remember. You know like the poor kid that gets pushed in to a gang, and shoots some one and wants a break.
@Modern Savage25 You're naive.
Modern Savage25 Right
Doctor McGoveran you wouldn’t think that had it been your family/friend or even yourself who was killed
@@doctormcgoveran2194 The fact you think a good lawyer can save someone from punishment of a crime as heinous as this that they clearly committed is abysmal. A good lawyer may help reduce time, but less than a year sentence? I'm sorry, but not even the BEST LAWYER IN THE WORLD should be able to convince a quadruple murder + 14 other injured from DUI to bring a sentence to less than a year. People typically serve at least a few years for a SINGLE drunk driving murder, much less multiple. In this case, I wouldn't doubt if the judge was paid off and it had nothing to do with a good lawyer. This judge should be debarred and removed.
to this day the judge should be held accountable for letting him off... he ruined these lives
The judge should get life in prison without the possibility of parole
Mathew Horodner i wouldnt say that much...maybe charge with obstruction of jusice, and 1 of criminal negligence.
The Senate he needs to be punished. Ignorance is not an excuse. Killed for his actions no, 10 years in prison? Yep.
@The Senate I think about twenty years of "Bubba" therapy..will be sufficient.
@@mathewhorodner2000 thats stupid, might ass well just put it to the actuall killer.
Always the drunk drives never die it’s always the innocent that pass away . Him not getting sentenced was a huge punch in the face for the families of the people that passed , they got no justice at all so sad I would be so angry
Who wouldn't be angry ?
If he was black or poor he would be serving life without parole
I disagree
Connor Townsend Townsend- Then you are just ignorant, anyone that’s not of social stranding or white would most likely get life for the deaths of 4 people. Go look at other cases that involves poor, or people of color and that’s including every race that’s brought down by society aka racist white people or racist people in general.
Connor Townsend Townsend/ Just because YOU don’t experience what minority’s experience doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen because it does happen and us minority’s can see that clear as days.
@@ctown6592 of course you do
Sad but true
The judge must be a corrupt. How did he release a murderer like that?
@Slit Wrist Misfit people aren't stupid, they know that alcohol will impair their senses and can cause them to have an accident, if they still drive knowing that they may kill someone, they should respond for their actions.
@Slit Wrist Misfit Slit Wrist Misfit well we both agree that his sentence was a joke, he will most likely do it again. I thought you were defending the guy by saying that he committed manslaughter. I see your point and I agree he didn't have the intention of killing the people, but I bet he wasn't remorseful when he realized what he did .
All Judges are corrupt
@@Drifter793 some...not all
Brasileiroamerica
The judge received a huge ridiculous amount of money under the table worth enough to put in risk his carer that's why
He had a big house big cars big wallet.
The only thing lacking was a big brain.
No not a big brain. A rat could have avoided this.
@@woahitscoby9122 and the man above was implying that he was lacking a brain in general. alluding to the fact that a rat with a tiny brain wouldn't have done this.
Iron Razor hahahhashahaha
You got a big ass mouth bruh
A big brain and a heart
If he was really so pampered that he didn't know right from wrong, then that was all the more reason for him to be put in jail. Let the prison teach him what his parents failed to.
This judge is a plain fool. He should be JAILED too. That stupid kid deserved a lifetime in jail. The parents are irresponsible like I have never seen before. Such a lovely world these days.
The judge even said that was the dumbest thing he'd ever heard.
Kavish Persad The judge was probably bribed.
Smitty Werben Jaeger man Jensen
Source?
Judge can't do much about it, he has to go by the laws and they are very well developed in this area. It is not a judge makes will call system.If the judge wanted to give him a stiff penalty it may get flipped on appeal.
@@doctormcgoveran2194 are you serious? Dude should have gotten 4 counts of vehicular manslaughter, endangering how many lives?, reckless op, DUI. The judge 100% was paid for the deal or the Couchs lawyer knew some shit about the Judge or was owed one by the judge. That's how the judicial system really works.
imagine being so drunk you lose control of a vehicle while driving in a complete straight line
Never driven drunk before have you
Imagine driving in a complete straight line while being fucking DRUNK. Now THAT'S scary
Lmao wtf are you talking about
Mark Rampersad yup
yeah wtf ive only driven drunk a few times.. you gotta be a real dumbass fr to crash goin str8 wtf hahahaha n why he look like a angry grinch face kid
The judge should also rot for his greed.Such an heartless judge
A perfect example of how wealthy people don’t experience the judicial system the way the rest of us do.....
Rich kid gets away with murder because apparently he didn't learn right from wrong from his parents.... if that was his defense, why are so many people in jail... oh thats right, because they can't afford an army of lawyers and probably paying off a few people too.
Esteban Garita that's the right race
Esteban Garita thing about rich kids they don’t know the value of damage because they pay it off easily and can pay the bail
And you would know this How ?
Mens rea, actus reus but he should def be doing life
They should hold the parents if since they got their son off with super lawyer
If I were that dad, I'd get drunk, hit him with my car, and go before the same judge and say, "no crime committed here, right? Can I go home now?"
Ms.MonicaPyle The dads not rich so the judge would give him 15 years
@@solidsob4310 true
killing someone because they committed murder is not the right thing u would get a life sentence
@@taxationevasion696 it's easy to say that when it's not your dead child or spouse. Killing someone for murder is called the death penalty.
why ? you would doing a premeditated crime and this was an accident.
Someone got 50 years for killing 3 people while drunk.
Julian Beatty money talk
Bet that person was poor af
He should've got the death penalty
@@firearm36 Yes, because killing someone for killing makes sense.
far exponent how does it not make sense. If someone kills someone. That’s someone’s life. A whole fucking life. I think they deserve to die if they want to take and end someone’s life.
If the driver was a poor black man, he would’ve got the death penalty for this
This is heartbreaking.. Rich people get away with murder.
FatherDingo but,what can We do about that The government takes your money and say Fuck off
This kid won the battle .. but he'll loose the war!🔥
The Clintons
Oj didn’t ..
FatherDingo its “vehicular manslaughter” not murder
Bullshit right
“The question on everyone’s mind, ‘where were his parents?”
No, the question is, why do the rich not live by the same rules as the rest of us?
RetroGuy76 you forgot Kardashian he became famous for getting him off so easily
Still made his stupid ass famous I boycott that family shows not worth it
How shameful RetroGuy76
Edgar Bwire His lawyer was the Kardashian.
Flying Spaghetti Monster exactly!
This video just proves how messed up the U.S Justice system is...
@@NearPanther92 No it’s the system that creates guidelines for crimes that all must follow. That’s why a kid who sold edibles got life and this guy can kill multiple people and not spend a day in jail.
all they care about is money ...sorry not sorry it's all financial
It's not the US justice system. It's the judge. I smell a bribe. Hopefully evidence comes to light of what truly happened and he gets retried and sentenced to life along with the judge. Unfortunately there is no such thing as a perfect criminal justice system.
The most blatant sign of bad parenting in America is giving your kid a brand new car but not being bothered to teach them to drive. So many teens driving shiny Jeeps and F-150s with no impulse control at all
I feel sad for the man, he lost his wife and daughter. This just make the life you wanted collapse.
TheLlama the night before Father’s Day too.
and the driver is free, served 2 years of prison, his ankle monitor removed a year ago
if i was the man i would probably go and kill the kid
@@get_it8473 r just keep em in your basement and feed him catfood and make him shit and piss where he stands and maybe shoot him with a bb gun every once and a while...
😭😭😭😭😭😭
“Affluenza” aka mommy and daddy paid off the system.
Nicole Shepherd does the affluenza excuse work for blacks, mexicsns, asians etc? Cuz last time i check it doesnt
@@subzerofromny735 the literal definition of affluenza: a psychological malaise supposedly affecting wealthy young people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation. You do realize there are wealthy people who aren't white right? Like I'm white and broke as shit and don't get shit from anyone. I've met spoiled brats of all races in high school. Affluenza is rich people being assholes. Also, its not hard to google, you should try it next time before saying something is what it's not. Mkay?
@@subzerofromny735 dude you are starting with the wrong person because my thing is that kid should be sitting behind bars but isnt because his parents bought out the system. Go use the wonderful internet that you use to spread your false hate to look up spoiled rich brats and go and see how diverse they are. A girl I went to school with was a minority but daddy was a cop and she got put of multiple underages and DUI's just off her fathers prowess. Also, you are racist if you can call something a "white persons disease" when thats not what it means at all. But way to shape it to fit your messed up agenda. This conversation is over, I don't waste my time on martyrs.
Clutch Master white people isn’t a disease, it’s a skin trait. You racist bastard.
If it sounds like a disease...it's probably a disease.
Fours years later, The anger is still there. The pain is still there
I don't think that anyone would get over something like this, even more so when justice isn't served!!!
I can’t even imagine the horror and devastation this kid caused. When this father told his kids to pray , I lost it. God will be there to help them through this nightmare. God please protect these families and comfort them.
So God will help them after, but not before?
@@johnross456 finally, a sane comment
This story angers me so much. Those poor people who were involved keep living a nightmare daily and the rich kids family is fine. Just heart breaking.
Eu achava que a justiça dos EUA fossem para todos , mas vejo que não é só no BRASIL que ricos brancos não ficam presos .
Marie Vis Cry me a river snowflake
@@-_--_--- why must you be so angry? If you believe the word snowflake is an insult you're incorrect. 1 might be thin and melt quickly but many "snowflakes" can cause an avalanche. So I'll be a snowflake any day 😉
@@marieasmr9285 You obviously thought snowflake was an insult because you thought I was angry when I used that word and started ranting off about the word "snowflake" you make no sense snowflake 🥴 You were clearly the angry one here to begin since you said "tHiS sToRy aNgErS mE sO mUcH"
@@marieasmr9285 "that comment was meant to cause anger but it didn't" yet me the person who typed the comment said it wasn't. You make no sense I already said what I said that me calling you a snowflake obviously bothered you since you proceeded ranting about it. You're not fooling anybody bud I didn't meant it as an insult but you did and I really don't care if you took it like that. I wanted to say something so therefore I said it 🤷🏻♂️
omg the poor father :( They honestly need much harsher sentences for DUIs. So many people do it and don't take it seriously because the punishment is so negligible
Ikr
As long as it isn't involving cannabis then I can agree
Medical grower UK why? I understand the effects aren’t as severe as alcohol but driving is definitely impaired
@@chemo6685 well there's a limit I allow, I don't mean to get absolute wrecked like low tolerance people do and go out,drive, end up getting drug tested .... I'm more accepting to the idea that someone shouldn't use high nor medium amounts generally speaking if your a medical user and you need to drive, take a bit until the pains away and you're not intoxicated. I should've added more context as here in the UK medical users who drive and only have took small amounts a day or something along those lines are getting their licenses revoked... that I don't agree with there need to be a reasonable limit just like alcohol.
I’ve actually had a dui so no I wouldn’t make it any harsher people will do what they do
Can you imagine a kid from a poor home tying to use having distant parents as an excuse?
I wiuld gladly start and sign a petition to get this kid behind bars
I seriously hope someone finds this boy and brings justice for these families since the system failed them.
@@abadperson5628 listen to you nigga. You probably are white. If someone in this comment section wants to fuck this white boy up he can nigga.
@@plague_seeker9354 oh ok I won't.
@@godoffestivals7394 chill out racist guy wasn't even defending the dumbass kid
@@GstrydsS 12 years ago, a young man killed 2 young girls ... drunk ... dad and mom have money. he moved to another state without a day in prison
@@abadperson5628 He didn't say anything about violence you fucking psychopath.
The judge, parents, and that pos kid, all deserve to be in prison for life.
Yup
If he was a minority or poor he would be in jail right now! 🤷🏽♀️
If he was black and rich he wouldn't go to jail.
@@youtubehatesfreespeech2245 bullshit. I maybe white, but I've gone to many places... I've seen many different races of people working just as hard as the others. But, elitist snobs are the social minority... only 1%of this country... THEY NEVER DO SHIT.
But had Couch done th is in my home state, he would get no less than life in prison.
Stupidity at its finest. Just stop with this "I'm opressed" bullshit and grow a pair
He would be dead.
Open World Gamer ok whatever you say burger flipper.
That judge must have gotten a gigantic payoff from the parents.
We need the judge to explain why the teen didn’t get prison time smfh absolutely ridiculous
who cares
Thexogamer2341 I do, and the majority of people watching id imagine.
@@trtlxthexo9643 idk, the victims? Why would people not care about this, a psychopath is roaming freely on the public
Do you want to know why. The judge got paid half a million dollars
honest to god? I think that he is to blame but so are all the people who he was drinking with that decided they wanted to go to the store and decided to get into that truck with him knowing that they were all drunk. He deserves massive amounts of punishment but so do the people that joined in with him.
No matter how many victims you leave in your wake you'll be forgiven. What a horrible horrible excuse for morality.
That Judge should have been fired and he should have been sentenced to death
@Killer Chicken in Singapore no
it doesn't matter what kind of problems you have, he killed 3 people. that's murder.
4
not murder, it's manslaughter
@@applesas942 AppleSas It matters just as much as your comment matters, I am educating.
Vehicular manslaughter, they can't charge him with murder because there was no "intent". In other words, he wasn't trying to kill anybody, he was just "negligent" or, being stupid, which resulted in 4 fatalities.
Mike Martin he should at least get charged with negligent driving and unintentional manslaughter right? Sorry I don’t know much about law
This kid's parents is being sued into oblivion by at least 5 different cases. I hope all of it succeeds and this family ends up rummaging in the scraps for the rest of their pathetic lives.
icantw8 yes the poor house is next for them ..then the gutter
They need to ban alcohol, this is a real problem and it is the ONLY way to combat Drunk Driving.
Banning alcohol will not stop drunk driving just like taking away guns won't stop criminals from using them to kill others. In this case Ethan should have been given at least 20 years in prison for killing those 4 people.
This case just got so much better. He and his mama flew the coop. They're now fugitives. I hope the judge is proud of himself for falling for this crap like an idiot.
+MSO He got caught. Only gets 2 years in county jail.
CheetahFoxx Hopefully the elected officials in that county will see the error of their ways when it's time to be re-elected.
MSO yea all he got was two years for running... total bullshit
. Humans need to stop worshiping money.
@MSO they're running Republican in a wealthy Republican dominated area... That judge could diddle a cub scout in church on christmas day and still get reelected...
Something tells me this judge was heavily bribed 🤑💸
and corrupt
merge m8 obviously the judge is a fucking bitch
Agree he got paid off,corrupt as they come
The judge got a free roof & 30% off of any upgrades.
Stop letting things tell you things😒
Don't forget how the prosecution only ended up this kid to be only in probation, and since the incident, this person has violated his probation **MULTIPLE** times. This not only proves the injustice of the system but also a huge slap to the face to the victims that the person who caused the death of 4 people and traumatized many more was only put on probation.
So much for equality.
Seriously, that kid needs to to be taken out!
Revenge of McMillan!
as a fellow texan, we don’t claim him
What about W and Cruz? You claim them?
@@blackandgold676 nope
@@zoeesmith11 You're a good soul. Good luck there!
@@blackandgold676 it’s a scary world anywhere in America right now lol but thank you, you as well!!!!
So he will not serve any jail time after killing four people
Yup, cause he's rich and rich people are untouchable with their money!
Monika gee for real he acts like there aren’t white people In jail
He avoided probation in 2016, he was sentenced to two years.
Fucking rich white kids man
Agent Orange what does his race have to do with this?
"Affluenza," give me a break.
I know right
exactly!!!!
💩💩Illness 100000000x worse than Influenza
Afuckyouenza is what he has
It sounds About'' White''
So much Appreciation for the Dad who lost his daughter and his wife. Love and may god be with you 💜
I cannot believe this little punk got away with murder, that is wrong on so many levels.
I don't see how it was murder, it was manslaughter at best unless they can prove he set out to kill some people.
It was manslaughter and drunk driving, he deserves life in prison. If a family member of mine died because of his retardedness I would probably drive to wherever he was, (didn't watch the whole thing yet so I don't know if he is in a mental hospital) but I'd drive to him, take a sharp ass knife, (I'm not talking kitchen knife) I'm talking tactical dagger shove it into the back of his leg as hard as I can and stab him in the back a full minute later to make him experience some of the pain whoever he killed went through
Rob Fraser driving drunk means accepting that you are putting lives at risk. It’s murder.
Oliver E I don't usually agree with vigilante justice but this is defo one case that could use some!
@@krashd its technically 2nd degree murder, when u dont plan to kill someone it just happens right on the spot, but i agree this is murder
16 and drunk? Who ever supplied or bought the booze should be charged and sent to jail!!
kevin O he stole it from wallmart
kevin O 16 is the drinking age in my country tho :/
Favorite Racist White Kid In the US it's 21. The person who bought it for them obviously had to know they'd drink all of it at once,
SCUFFED_JAYZ Eat chicken Cx
with white people break the laws in us sail can I break the laws too?
So because he never learned his actions have consequences, he gets a sentence which doesn´t show him that his actions have serious consequences. Yeah, sounds good to me. Affluenca btw isn´t even a real disorder, it is made up. America you rock!
Everything in America is made up we just came into this land or founding fathers are like okay we're going to make up a bunch of s*** and take land
I felt this one, I don't understand how that punishment works, If we teach him nothing..he will learn nothing..This case was all money and it's sick.
The fly got me 😂
@@gmoney338 same 😂
WHEN WILL YOU LEARN, THAt yOuR AcTioNs hAve CoNSeQuenCeS
The only consolation is the subsequent lawsuits surely bankrupted his parents.
I don’t want to know what it’s like to find your child’s body in a condition that makes you go “I think that’s her....it doesn’t look like her”. I can’t begin to imagine the trauma he struggles with.
I don’t care how spoiled you are, EVERYONE knows you don’t drink and drive. Let alone speeding whilst you’re driving drunk. Those that drink and drive are just selfish, they don’t think about the other people that they may injure and/or kill. The fact he basically got away with it and then got pictures at a party was disgusting. The judge took a leap of faith in him, that you’d learn your lesson. But he basically slapped him in the face.
RIP to all those that past and all those that survived I wish you all a safe recovery.
He looks like that boy on family guy with the upside down face.
💀💀💀
Jake tucker 😂😂😂😂
C C frfr I thought I recognised him
He might be rich but his last name is couch
I cant fathom losing your wife and daughter😔 horrible
I just watched a video of a woman accidentally killing three people in a drunk driving accident she showed true remorse and was truly regretful and she got 51 years🤦🏾♀️
"good average middle class hard workin folks" you think those houses are middle class?
Nick yes the property value is low so you are able to build a much bigger hous
its texas lmao of course
I'm from Texas myself. Those are not middle class houses.That truck is the price of a middle class house.
Lmao i was thinking the same thing
Poor
This is ridiculous. That this rich and probably snotty piece of trash got out of a prison sentence because of social status. If I was the judge on this case, I would send him to prison and revoke his license
+Mandy Ashby You would have made a good judgment. The world is not fair. If the shoe was on the other foot and this brat was killed by a drunk driver, his parents would have made sure that the person responsible would go to jail.
Mandy Ashby revoking his license wont do anything, if someone is this stupid they're going out on that road with or without that piece of plastic.
alex huerta yeah but without a license hes driving illegaly
Jim McCracken shut the fuck up keyboard warrior
Hey, question for the people replying to comments here solely to talk shit with no point ( because apparently some people actually sit here defending this kid i guess) is your life really that sad?
Wouldn’t a life prison term be the perfect CURE for his “affluenza”?
What would life in prison do for anyone. It wont bring anyone back. I believe 10 years in prison and and a loss of a driver's license.
No affluenza is a serious illness there’s not to many cures frankly I couldn’t imagine having to go through life with that disease I say we should help him buy running his head over with the tire of a semi truck
IKR
My heart hurts for this poor man. His wife and daughter...
To Tyler: Drink driving is bad.
that spoiled brat
RIP to the peoples lives that got taken away from them.
He just got in trouble for drinking the other day, they just need to put him down already.
I agree. He deserves the 🪑⚡
it's truly disgusting what money can buy..
Freya Sol it can buy you the status of President. Nothing new
What is your superpower again?
"I'm rich"
Batman
It’s terrible because rich people can just get away with murder
MONEY TALKS! That’s how greedy the system is! 🤬🤬
It’s never the drunk driver that dies
In Redondo Beach, 3 christmas ago , a drunk driver crashed into 3 cars passing a red light he was pronounce dead at the scene. That's the only one I seen where drunk driver dies. I just happened to be passing by after the accident. Nobody put candles for him after.
He would if he killed my family
@@staribarra9656 Something must have poked him
He should never be able to sit in a couch again.
The better piece of furniture for him would be the electric chair.
Nothing but a cold hard uncomfortable floor
He should've gone to an actual prison where he would been treated like a _real_ couch.
David 666 A Couch . XD dode its a S.U.V not a fucking Couch a Couch is the furniture in your fucking liveing room dode XD
Anonymous #3104
You're playing dumb right?
Affluenza may have caused the crash, but affluence made sure he stayed out of jail.
This is ridiculous. He should be in prison right now. 😡
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Drunk Teen: kills 4 innocent people and crashes into cars
Judge: oh you guys got money? Ok no jail time!
Peoples with money: Normal, We are better
Good peoples: ... Why no jail time?
Copied comment you muppet
This no one meme is seriously old and disrespectful in this case
You know that's not how it works, right?
Wealth=better lawyer
better lawyer=more chance of getting free
god i hate ignorant fucks
Why would you even use this meme here? Clown.
How... How did they not break down
They lost family members and friends how can they do this
Some people deal with grief in different ways bro I guarantee he's filled oceans with his tears
Hey don't you dare call him a nigga! He is a devoted and sophisticated white man. You show respect Do You Hear Me, listen to me when I'm talking to you dammit! Now go on upstairs and think about what you just said. Your brother or sister will go and get ya when dinner is ready.
Justin McCoy You’re the definition of a pussy bru😭🤣 commenting on stuff that don’t got shit to do with you to make up for the feeling of neglect you got as a child
@@hillkinghill4104 I'm telling my mom on you
Justin McCoy people deal with grief in different ways. I don’t cry when I lose a love one and sometimes I do.
That son of a bitch deserves to rot in prison for the rest of his life.
Even if it was argued that he didn't mean it, that's still four counts of manslaughter, compounded with a DUI which makes it exponentially worse. I have nothing but disrespect for this judge.
Duesal Bladesinger this is why I could never work in a bar I would hold anybody that drank even one alcohol beverage hostage until they got somebody or a cab to pick them up and make sure their driver isn't a drunk my family lost three family members to drunks
@@beverlyarcher3744I'm so sorry.
Send him to the electric chair
Leonardo Garcia. Fuck the electric chair, life in prison will be worse
Its lethal injection with poison now
If Affluenza is real, we should definitely be sending these people to prison! What a better cure than a hard dose of reality? A hard dose of hardship.
Sounds like the cure for affluenza would be a long hard prison sentence
Reckless homicide carries like a year in jail at the most... it wouldn't even be a long hard prison sentence. He did serve 2 years eventually after he ran to Mexico.
I bet he didn't feel an ounce of guilt for what he did! He took those wonderful people. Murdered them and then tried to make it look like it wasn't his fault. Please! How could you even live with yourself knowing you are responsible for so much loss and pain and misery?!
This bastard looks absolutely unfazed by his actions and the justification is weak
Sociopath is my guess.
of course the innocent people die
NO NO NO. WTF. That house and those cars ARE NOT MIDDLE CLASS!
Draconous101 everything’s bigger in Texas
As a Texan, I can confirm that the home you see IS middle class.
This situation saddens me so much and the fact that this rich kid got off is disgusting my condolences to the families the justice system failed them
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If I were the parents of the kid, I'd let him go to jail because you need to know how bad doing that is or you're gonna keep doing it.
But they wouldnt. They'd just buy his way out, because they are rich fucks spoliling their spoiled shit.
Once you have a kid you will understand why they didn’t let them