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Frederick Couch, father of "affluenza teen" Ethan Couch, was charged with assault after being accused of choking his girlfriend in Tarrant County, Texas.

"She should know better than that," said Judge Wayne Salvant.

Unlike previous seasons, reports of the flu stayed high across all 50 states.

Tonya Couch failed a drug test back in March and was released in May after making bond.

Ethan Couch and his mother fled to Mexico in January but later returned to the U.S.

Couch faces a hearing on February 19 to determine if his entire case will move to the adult system.

Couch his mother were arrested in Mexico last month following a more than two-week-long manhunt.

Ethan Couch's legal team presented a document to a court in western Jalisco state seeking to end the effort

No date has been set for the return of the Texas teenager and his mother from Mexico.

Couch, 18, was on probation after killing four people while driving drunk.