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In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, Ethan Couch is led to a juvenile court for a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. Couch, who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck in 2013, was released from jail Monday, April 2, 2018, after serving nearly two years for a revoked probation. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, Ethan Couch is led by sheriff deputies after a juvenile court hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. Lawyers for Couch, who used an &quot;affluenza&quot; defense in a 2013 fatal drunken-driving wreck, filed a motion Friday, March, 17, 2017, with the Texas Supreme Court in an effort to secure his release from jail. They argue that a judge had no authority to sentence Couch to nearly two years in jail after his case was moved from juvenile to adult court. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, Ethan Couch is led by sheriff deputies after a juvenile court for a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Judge gives ‘affluenza’ teen 2 years in jail; taxpayers footed rehab bill

Tonya Couch, center, is taken by authorities to a waiting car after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Los Angeles. Authorities said she and her son, Texas teenager Ethan Couch, who was sentenced to probation after using an &quot;affluenza&quot; defense for a 2013 wreck in Texas, fled to Mexico together in November as prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation. Both were taken into custody Monday, Dec. 28, after authorities said a phone call for pizza led to their capture in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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FILE - In this December 2013 image taken from a video by KDFW-FOX 4, Ethan Couch is seen during his court hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. Authorities are investigating whether Couch, who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck, and claimed as part of his defense that he suffered from "affluenza", has fled with his mother to avoid a potential violation of his probation. (AP Photo/KDFW-FOX 4, File)

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$FILE - In this December 2013 image taken from a video by KDFW-FOX 4, Ethan Couch is seen during his court hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. The family of Couch, who killed four people in a drunken wreck, will pay a fraction of the cost of court-ordered treatment as part of his probation sentence. (AP Photo/KDFW-FOX 4, File)$

‘Affluenza’ teen’s family won’t pay full rehab fee

Lucas McConnell, 13, center, speaks during a news conference with his attorney Todd Clement, left, and his father Kevin McConnell by his side Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Burleson, Texas. The family of Lucas McConnell, injured by a drunken teen driver whose attorneys later claimed he suffered from &quot;affluenza,&quot; plans to continue its lawsuit against the driver. While most families who sued Ethan Couch over a wreck that left four dead have settled, the McConnell's will continue fighting Couch in court. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, Ethan Couch is led by sheriff deputies after a juvenile court hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. Lawyers for Couch, who used an &quot;affluenza&quot; defense in a 2013 fatal drunken-driving wreck, filed a motion Friday, March, 17, 2017, with the Texas Supreme Court in an effort to secure his release from jail. They argue that a judge had no authority to sentence Couch to nearly two years in jail after his case was moved from juvenile to adult court. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Afterward, he said the estimate was based solely on his experience with other clients.

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Instead, the judge "fashioned a sentence that could have him under the thumb of the justice system for the next 10 years," he told the Star-Telegram.

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