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‘Affluenza' Teen to Remain Jailed, Request for New Judge Denied

"Affluenza" teenager Ethan Couch will remain in jail after his request for a new judge was denied Thursday.

Attorneys for Couch, 19, argued that the judge who ordered Couch to serve nearly two years in jail for a 2013 drunken-driving wreck that killed four people had no jurisdiction in the matter.

Couch's attorneys said the case should have remained in juvenile court because he was 16 years old at the time.

Judge David L. Evans signed an order Thursday saying, "Any further relief requested in connection with this Defendant's Motion to Recuse District Judge and not granted herein is hereby Denied."

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