‘Affluenza’ Teen’s Mom Tonya Couch Released From Jail

Tonya Couch, the mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, was released from Tarrant County Jail in Texas today after a judge reduced her $1 million bond to $75,000, ABC reports.

She was arrested Dec. 28 in Mexico along with Ethan, who was wanted on a probation violation. She is charged with hindering the apprehension of a fugitive.

Her son was placed on probation after he killed four people and injured several more in a drunk driving crash in 2013, when he was 16 years old.

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Steven Avery Files Motion to Be Released

Steven Avery, the subject of the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer,” filed several motions Monday before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals seeking to be released on bond and making a variety of due process allegations, reports WBAY TV in Green Bay, Wisc.

In the motion, Avery claims that his property was searched illegally, making the evidence collected against him inadmissible in his case.

He also claims a juror influenced and intimidated other jurors into voting guilty.

“He’s serving life in prison for murdering Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County — two years after he was released from prison after serving 18 years for a rape he didn’t commit,” WBAY reports.

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