It seems the parents are paying even less than a third of the costs with the taxpayers picking up the vast majority.
Affluenza teen’s family only paying fraction of rehab
Ethan Couch’s parents offered to pay up to $1,200 a day for rehab after their son killed four people and injured several others in a car crash. A judge, however, has ordered them to pay much less, sticking taxpayers with the rest of the bill.
IT MUST BE NICE: ‘Affluenza’ Teen Killer Pays $1K a month for Rehab,Taxpayers Pay The Rest of $450,000-a-year Tab
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http://news.yahoo.com/affluenza-teens-family-wont-pay-full-rehab-fee-233303846.html
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for just a fraction of his court-ordered treatment, a court official testified Friday.
Ethan Couch’s parents will be charged $1,170 a month for his treatment at the North Texas State Hospital in rural Vernon. The facility That amount would cover less than two days of treatment, which costs $715 a day, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported (http://bit.ly/1qoRLts ).
Wow. I only remembered the parents saying they would pay the $450k for one year of rehab. .....I didn’t know that a judge changed that later.