A Texas judge on Wednesday sentenced “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch to nearly two years behind bars for violating parole, sternly informing the 19-year-old that he wouldn’t be leaving lock-up any time soon.

Couch was hit with four, 180-day sentences that must be served consecutively – one stint each for the four people he killed in a boozy ride in 2013.

“You’re not getting out of jail today,” district court Judge Wayne Salvant told Couch, wearing a red jail jumpsuit at his first court appearance as an adult, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Couch was 16 and his blood-alcohol level was three times above the legal limit for adult drivers when the fatal crash occurred.

Couch’s lawyers argued he was raised by wealthy parents and was never taught how to distinguish right from wrong– a condition a psychologist called “affluenza.”

His original juvenile court sentence of 10 years probation outraged prosecutors and victims’ families.

He got in hot water again this past December when Couch violated probation by going to a Mexican resort.

Couch has been in Tarrant County Jail’s maximum-security facility since Feb. 5, when he was handed over by authorities in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The ill-advised trip south of the border bumped Couch’s case from juvenile to adult court.

“I do believe Ethan Couch is not the same person he was when he came to jail,” Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said. “This time he’s spent, it’s a rude awakening for anyone.”



Judge Salvant urged lawyers to appeal his ruling, according to the Dallas Morning News.

“Nothing I do is in stone, so I might reconsider” when the case back in court in two weeks, Salvant said.

Couch lost control of his family’s pickup truck and crashed – going 70 mph in a 40 mph zone on June 15, 2013.

Before the deadly ride, Couch had been playing beer pong and downing brews they had ripped off from a Wal-Mart.

The victims included a stranded motorist, a youth minister who had stopped to help and a mother and daughter who had stepped out of their nearby home. A fifth victim was left paralyzed.

Couch’s defense used the testimony of psychologist Dick Miller who coined the phrase “affluenza” to describe the kid’s spoiled upbringing.

Miller later said he he regrets ever coming up with that term.

Couch was caught on video drinking – a violation of his probation – before he and mom Tonya Couch took off for the sun and sand of Puerto Vallarta.

