{"id":452967,"date":"2022-05-25T22:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/josh-duggar-sentenced-to-12-years-for-child-porn\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T22:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:49:58","slug":"josh-duggar-sentenced-to-12-years-for-child-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/josh-duggar-sentenced-to-12-years-for-child-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"#Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years for child porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed75c1e58b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed75c1e58b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/josh-duggar-sentenced-to-12-years-for-child-porn\/#%E2%80%9CJosh_Duggar_sentenced_to_12_years_for_child_porn%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years for child porn&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJosh_Duggar_sentenced_to_12_years_for_child_porn%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years for child porn&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Former \u201c19 Kids and Counting\u201d star Josh Duggar was sentenced to 151 months, or 12 years and seven months, in prison Wednesday for receiving and possessing child porn.  <\/p>\n<p>One of the disgraced reality star\u2019s\u00a0previous charges was dismissed without prejudice, as Judge Timothy Brooks of the Western District of Arkansas ruled that Duggar\u00a0did not \u201cknowingly distribute\u201d pornography, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/josh-duggar-sentenced-to-more-than-12-years-in-prison-for-child-pornography-184606\">sentencing documents<\/a> obtained by ET.<\/p>\n<p>Duggar, 34, had \u201cno reaction\u201d while learning his fate. Duggar\u2019s wife, Anna, and dad, Jim Bob, also did not have a visible reaction, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/5409576\/josh-duggar-sentencing-updates\/\">the Sun reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He will either serve his time at a prison in Seagoville, Texas, or at a facility in Texarkana, Arkansas<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/5409576\/josh-duggar-sentencing-updates\/\">.<\/a> Brooks recommended Seagoville because it has a \u201cgood\u201d sex offender program \u2014 but his placement will ultimately depend on bed space.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Duggar could have been sentenced to up to 20 years and fines up to $250,000 per count. Already a convicted sex offender, his legal team asked that he only spend five years in the slammer. <\/p>\n<p>The initial <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22004827-josh-duggar-defense\">30-page defense filing states that Duggar sought a sentence<\/a> that is \u201csufficient, but not\u00a0greater than necessary,\u201d and goes on to claim he\u2019s \u201clived an admirable life while\u00a0navigating unique\u00a0challenges\u00a0associated with being in the public spotlight\u00a0since childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued in the pre-sentencing filing that Duggar has a \u201cdeep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children.\u201d In all, his legal team had more than 20 objections to the report at the sentencing hearing. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Josh Duggar and his wife, Anna, walking\" class=\"wp-image-22407757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Josh Duggar and his wife, Anna, leave the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Dec. 2, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Licensing \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Duggar was arrested in April 2021 after a Little Rock, Arkansas, detective discovered child porn files were being shared by a computer traced back to him.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators testified that Duggar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>ed the images, some including toddlers, onto a computer at a car dealership he owned in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>TLC canceled the family\u2019s show in 2015 following allegations that the oldest Duggar boy molested four of his sisters and a baby-sitter years earlier. He publicly apologized for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>He later apologized again for cheating on his wife and admitted to a pornography addiction months later. He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/08\/28\/inside-josh-duggars-rehab-facility\/\">completed a stint in rehab<\/a> for addiction. <\/p>\n<p>Duggar and Anna have seven kids of their own:<strong> <\/strong>Mackynzie, 12, Michael, 10, Marcus, 8, Meredith, 6, Mason, 4, Maryella, 2, and Madyson, 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities became aware of his alleged abuse in 2006 after a tip from a Duggar family friend but concluded that the statute of limitations on any possible charges had expired.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Josh Duggar case evidence\" class=\"wp-image-22407721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Homeland Security special agents carry in evidence, including a computer, to the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Dec. 1, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">News Licensing \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Duggar\u2019s parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/12\/10\/jim-bob-and-michelle-duggar-speak-on-joshs-guilty-verdict\/?_ga=2.65464750.1460834781.1653323143-411202789.1646071233\">said their son admitted<\/a> to his wrongdoings, but when the allegations resurfaced in 2015, he was forced to face them again. <\/p>\n<p>He again apologized publicly for unspecified behavior and resigned as a lobbyist for the conservative Christian group Family Research Council.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the court dated March 7, Anna <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.5newsonline.com\/pdfs\/duggar-sentencing-2.pdf\">pleaded for the court\u2019s mercy on her husband<\/a> so she \u201cconsider reuniting us as a family again soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna continued, \u201cJoshua has worked hard to provide for me and our (now) seven children. But the happiest part of the day by far is when Daddy comes home from work \u2026\u00a0Joshua is an engaged dad who gladly throws a football with his sons, listens to our daughters play a new song they have learned on the piano, helps answer homework questions, or lends a hand sweeping up spilled crackers. He is a kind, loving, supportive, and caring father and husband \u2014 his primary focus in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_12.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Josh Duggar and his wife Anna walking with masks on \" class=\"wp-image-22407812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/josh-duggar-_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Josh Duggar admitted to pornography addiction and to cheating on his wife in 2015.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">News Licensing \/ MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alas, in the end, the jury sided with the prosecution, convicting Duggar on both counts.\u00a0The prosecution <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/josh-duggar-sentenced-child-pornography-case\">released a statement to  Fox News Digital<\/a>, saying they were \u201cvery pleased\u201d with the verdict, which they called a \u201csignificant milestone\u201d that proves \u201cno person is above the law no matter their status or fame.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Duggar\u2019s attorney <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GY-gps3Uxcs\">Justin Gilfand said<\/a> that \u201cwe plan to appeal at the appropriate time.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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One of the disgraced reality star\u2019s\u00a0previous charges was dismissed without prejudice, as Judge Timothy Brooks of the Western&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":452968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/duggar.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[110699,129614,70642,105164,73261,70923,78309,90717,6770],"class_list":["post-452967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-19-kids-and-counting","tag-5-25-22","tag-child-pornography","tag-josh-duggar","tag-pedophiles","tag-porn","tag-reality-stars","tag-sexual-predators","tag-tlc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}