‘Affluenza Mom' Tonya Couch Can't Get a Job Due to Notoriety, She Says in Affidavit of Indigency

Tonya Couch, the mother of "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch, has petitioned the court for financial assistance claiming she's indigent and unable to pay for her defense because she can't hold a job due to her notoriety.Couch, who is currently incarcerated in the Tarrant County Jail for a probation violation, said she has been unemployed for more than a year and that due to the notoriety derived from her legal entanglements she is unable to get and/or keep a job.Couch's son Ethan made national headlines in 2013 when, at the age of 16, he killed four people while driving drunk south of Fort Worth. His attorney suggested he was a victim of "affluenza" - being so spoiled by wealthy parents that he didn't know right from wrong.On June 12, Tonya Couch, now 52, filed an affidavit of indigency claiming she had no income, no financial support and that the only property she owned was a 2006 Ford truck worth approximately $2,000.  Continue reading...