Texas man who invoked ‘affluenza’ defense out of jail

Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial that his irresponsibility was a result of his entitled upbringing, walked free Monday after serving almost two years in a Texas jail on a parole violation.

Couch, 20, was released from the Tarrant County Jail near Dallas, according to the county sheriff ’s office.