Ethan couch the texas defendant who used the affluenza defense to get off on charges that he killed four people while drunk driving in 2013 was in legal trouble again earlier this year.
Ethan couch sheet metal.
Fred couch s roofing and construction company cleburne sheet metal was sued in 1996 over a roughly 100 000 debt.
The couches were sued by at least six other families.
Ethan couch s father fred couch owns cleburne sheet metal which fabricates and installs high end sheet metal for commercial and industrial construction.
Two plaintiff firms alleged he tried to move assets and twice attempted to.
The mcconnells sued ethan couch now 18 his father fred couch and his mother tonya couch as well as their business cleburne sheet metal.
While still on probation ethan couch now 18 was being sought after missing a mandated probation.
Couch s son ethan was intoxicated and behind the wheel of a pickup truck when he crashed and killed four people while injuring several others in june 2013.
By the time of the sentencing hearing there were seven civil suits filed against ethan his parents and because the f 350 was owned by cleburne sheet metal the lucrative family business.
48 year old frederick couch is a wealthy businessman who owns a metal works cleburne sheet metal with an estimated yearly turnover of 15 million and around 30 staff.
Ethan couch eventually left rehab and worked at his father s business cleburne sheet metal.
Ethan couch s privileged childhood.