. >> not only was he drunk, but there were traces of thc, val yum and some other drugs? >> right. own, but combine those with challenge, just a recipe for disaster. >> the assistant district attorney came onto the case just a day after the crash. he charged ethan with everything he could, including four counts of intoxication manslaughter. he wanted the poor little rich kid to do some big-boy time. we were hoping for and asked for 20 years. >> but he was tried as a juvenile. during the defense team, his defense team dropped that curious term, a influenza. the judge sentencing him to probation and time in a rehabilitation facility. the couches have settled lawsuits without admitting any wrongdoing but not before depositions were taken in one last case. >> ethan couch. >> for the first time, the boy and his parents at the center of >> taken val yum, hidio code own, marijuana, cocaine, xanax. i think i tried ecstasy once. pretty sure that was it. >> half the time his parents testifying they allowed their young son a lot of freedom, including driving at the age of 13. >> you understoo

. >> taken val yum, hidio code own, marijuana, cocaine, xanax. i think i tried ecstasy once. pretty sure that was it. >> half the time his parents testifying they allowed their young son a lot of freedom, including driving at the age of 13. >> you understood if he was at any time he was under 16, he was never to be driving by himself? >> yes. >> nevertheless, you allowed that behavior to happen, correct? >> yes. >> i just kept asking because i wanted to. eventually they started letting me drive, just to like the corner store by myself. >> before the deadly crash, ethan was required to complete an alcohol awareness course and eight hours of community service within 90 days of a previous incident. >> we didn't do the community >> you understood, did you not, that he was likely to continue the drinking and driving if there weren't consequences? >> i should have known that, yes. i really didn't think that was happen again. >> at one point, ethan's parents branded in the media as the worst parents ever. >> i don't think we're profoundly dysfunctional. >> did you teach ethan that w