Tonya Couch (L), mother of the Texas teenager derided for his 'affluenza' defense in a deadly drunken-driving case, appears in court for her extradition hearing in Los Angeles, California, United States, January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Genaro Molina/Pool 
 
 Tonya Couch (C) is escorted by a sheriff's deputy as she arrives at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Moseley/Ft. Worth Star-Telegram 
 
 Tonya Couch (R) enters the courtroom to appear before state District Judge Wayne Salvant in Fort Worth, Texas, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Pool 
 
 Tonya Couch (L) enters the courtroom to appear before state District Judge Wayne Salvant in Fort Worth, Texas, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Pool 
 
 FORT WORTH, Texas The mother of the Texas teenager ridiculed for his "affluenza" defense in the killing of four people while he was driving drunk, did not enter a plea at her arraignment in a Fort Worth court on Friday on a charge of helping her son flee to Mexico after he was suspected of violating probation. 
 
 Tonya Couch, 48, could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the charge, a third-degree felony, of aiding her son, Ethan, 18, after he was suspected of violating a deal that kept him out of prison. 
 
 The court on Monday is expected to consider a motion by her lawyers to reduce the $1 million bond that she is being held on. Her lawyers want $15,000. 
 
 The judge said if she is released on bond, she would be required to surrender her passport and wear a monitor on her ankle. 
 
 Couch, wearing a yellow jail jump suit, told the court she did not have a passport because it was not returned to her when she was deported from Mexico. 
 
 Couch is being held at a maximum security unit of the Tarrant County jail. She spent a restless night and complained about her accommodations, County Sheriff Dee Anderson told reporters at the court. 
 
 "This is a jail, not a resort," he said he told her. 
 
 Couch's lawyers accused the sheriff of using the case to thrust himself into the spotlight as he seeks re-election, adding his escorting to jail of a suspect charged with a third-degree as excessive. 
 
 She arrived in Texas on Thursday from Los Angeles, where she had been held since being deported from Mexico at the end of December. 
 
 During Ethan Couch's trial for the 2013 accident, a psychologist testified that the teen, then 16, suffered from "affluenza," meaning he had lost the ability to recognize right from wrong after being spoiled by his wealthy family. The diagnosis, which is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, was widely ridiculed. 
 
 Ethan Couch was sentenced in Tarrant County to 10 years of drink- and drug-free probation, which critics saw as leniency because of his family's wealth. 
 
 Tonya Couch and her son left Texas after a video surfaced on social media in early December showing Ethan at an alcohol-fueled party. 
 
 Ethan Couch is in a Mexican immigration detention facility while he fights deportation, which could take months. 
 
 (Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Lisa Shumaker) ||||| Tonya Couch arraignment (Photo: WFAA) 
 
 TARRANT COUNTY — Tonya Couch appeared in a yellow jail jumpsuit in her first court appearance Friday morning and told District Judge Wayne Salvant she understood the charges against her. 
 
 Couch stood amid eight deputies and Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson for the arraignment, which lasted less than 10 minutes. It did not go perfectly. Couch's attorney Stephanie Patten got held up in traffic and could not be by her client's side. Couch's bond is currently set at $1 million, and a bond reduction hearing is set for Monday. 
 
 After the proceeding, Sheriff Anderson told a crowd of reporters that Tonya Couch has complained about jail conditions, saying it was too bright to sleep. Anderson says he told her, "it's jail, not a resort." Couch is confined in a single cell in the county's newest jail. 
 
 Also in court was Kevin McConnell. His son Luke was injured by Ethan Couch's drunk driving crash. McConnell's close friend, youth pastor Brian Jennings, was killed. Kevin McConnell said he wanted to be there as a physical representation for all the victims. 
 
 Judge Salvant told Couch that if she does make bond, she will have many restrictions, including a GPS monitor. 
 
 Tonya Couch faced a judge in Tarrant County Friday morning. Jim Douglas reports. 
 
 "I think we will feel better about her being closely monitored rather than being set loose without any restrictions at all," Anderson said. 
 
 Afterward Couch's attorney, Stephanie Patten, said she had concerns that Anderson had talked with her client about her passport. Couch told the judge that she had a temporary passport, but that it was lost somewhere between Mexico and Los Angeles. 
 
 Unless she is able to post a $1 million bond Anderson said Couch will remain in the Tarrant County jail over the weekend. 
 
 Couch’s attorneys said in a press release later Friday that Couch had been treated unlawfully. 
 
 The release began with sarcastic thanks to Anderson for “taking time out of his busy day serving as this county’s chief law enforcement officer” to ensure heightened security and hold a press conference regarding the booking of “a woman with no prior criminal convictions accused of a non violent third degree felony.” 
 
 “In our collective 40 plus years of practicing criminal law here in Tarrant County, both as prosecutors or defense attorneys, we have never witnessed an elected ofﬁcial take such a personal interest and escort a suspect,” read the release, signed by Stephanie Patten and Stephen Gordon. 
 
 The attorneys said Sheriff Anderson took unprecedented steps in the case and accused him of “political posturing” during a contested election. 
 
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– Tonya Couch, mom to "affluenza teen" Ethan Couch, was arraigned in Texas Friday on a charge of aiding her son's flight to Mexico after his suspected probation violation, a third-degree felony that carries a prison sentence as high as 10 years. She didn't enter a plea, Reuters reports, but the arraignment was not without a bit of drama: First of all, Couch's attorney got caught in traffic and wasn't there. Second of all, the Tarrant County sheriff told an interesting story after the proceeding was over, WFAA reports. Sheriff Dee Anderson said that Couch has complained about conditions inside the jail where she's being held, specifically, that it's too bright, making it difficult to sleep. His response to her: "It's jail, not a resort." Couch has a bond reduction hearing scheduled Monday; her bond is currently set at $1 million, but her lawyers reportedly want it reduced to $15,000. If she ends up making bond, the judge told her she'd be under severe restrictions, including giving up her passport and wearing a GPS ankle monitor. Couch said she doesn't even have a passport because she never got it back after being deported from Mexico. (She never got her dog back either.)