affluenza. the affluenza defense, meaning that he was a rich kid, his parents didn't set any limits for him, he was indulged. well, now he's 18, his case is about to be transferred to a different court and that could have meant jail time. so before the hearing in which he was supposed to appear, he failed to check in with his probation officer on december 10th. new reports now saying that the probation office wasn't notified of this lack of appearance until five days later. now, texas police are trying to make up for lost time. at a news conference this week, police revealed couch's house had been emptied and his mom's truck was gone. tarrant county sheriff's office is offering $5,000 for any kind of information leading to ethan's arrest. and tom fuentes, back with us again. tom, it's interesting, why, when the probation office notify headquarters that he simply had failed to show. especially given the timing of