'Affluenza' teen's mom released from jail

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

FORT WORTH, Texas -- The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck was released from a Texas jail Tuesday, a day after a judge reduced her $1 million bond for allegedly helping her son flee to Mexico.

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