Post by pavel on Jan 10, 2016 3:30:42 GMT -6
FORT WORTH -- For TV news producer Scott Filipski, the saga of Ethan Couch has it all: A wealthy and troubled teen on the run from the law, blowing his second chance with the help of his mother.
Filipski knew the story would resonate with his audience.
“It’s right in our sweet spot,” Filipski said this week.
Filipski, it should be noted, works for a morning news show in Japan.
Since fleeing Tarrant County and being captured in Mexico, Ethan Couch and his mother, Tonya, have received local, national and international attention — on social media, radio and TV talk shows and major news outlets.
Tonya Couch appeared in a Tarrant County courtroom Friday morning, a day after arriving from Los Angeles to a horde of reporters and photographers at the back entrance of the Tarrant County jail. TV trucks had waited on her arrival for hours.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article53786465.html