Josh Duggar, former reality star of “19 Kids and Counting” was sentenced to 12 years in prison for possession of child pornography. Photo by AP
Josh Duggarthe first of 19 children of the marriage of ultraconservatives composed by Michelle and Jim Bob, who showed off their crowded family and the woman’s ongoing pregnancy on the American reality show “19 Children and Counting”was sentenced on Monday at 12 years in prison by contains child pornography.
The sentence is the last chapter of story of melting this man is only 34 years old grew up on cameras and studied under a system of religious and social formation marked by restrictions and repression.
The young man then arrested in April 2021 after being found by authorities child pornography on a computer at a car dealership he owned.
Prosecutors have asked Arkansas Judge Timothy Brooks to impose the maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison on the grounds that Duggar has “deep, persistent, and violent sexual interest in children.” The former reality TV celebrity said he was innocent and would appeal.
Federal authorities said they began investigating him after a Little Rock police detective discovered files of child pornography being produced distributed by a computer traced to Duggar.
A federal agent testified in May that the photos, which showed sexual abuse committed against childrenincluding several babies, was downloaded in 2019 to a computer at a car dealership owned by Duggar.
Michelle Duggar in 2007 with her large family at the hospital for the birth of one of her children. Photo: AP File.
The young man’s lawyer argued that someone else had downloaded or uploaded the photos to Duggar’s computer. However, it was not bought by the jury.
According to a sentencing memorandum filed this month by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas, Duggar downloaded approximately 600 photos and seven videos of violent child sexual abuse.
Who is Josh Duggar?
Josh Duggar He was part of a large family that caused controversy on U.S. screens for exaltation from a television program. ultraconservative values.
He is the oldest of 19 children of Michelle and Jim Bob who for 7 years, from 2008 to 2015, starred in the reality show. “19 kids and counting” (19 children and counting), in the canal FTAbefore the accusations against the eldest initiated the collapse of the program.
According to the family story, after the abortion, Michelle, Duggar’s mother, decided to marry her husband Jim Bob do not reuse methods contraceptives.
“We read in the Bible that children are a blessing and a gift from God,” they say on their website. Among their particular customs, they gave their children all names beginning with the letter J.
Close to the Republican Party, they are also in front of many meetings against homosexuals and abortion.
Duggar followed in her parents ’path and married Anna Keller in 2008, a young woman who also grew up in an ultra-conservative family. They are both only 20 years old.. The couple has seven children.ang
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, parents of 19 children who showed their lives on the reality show “19 Kids and Counting”. Photo www.duggarfamily.com
The Josh Duggar Scandals
In 2015, Duggar had already put his family in a scandal by recognition sexual assault, some caused to their own sisterscausing the program to end.
Authorities began investigating the case in 2006 after receiving a tip from someone close to the family, but have already ruled out possible crimes. they prescribed.
Duggar’s parents said confessed the fumbling and apologize. At that time the youth apologize publicly for unspecified conduct and resigned his employment as lobbyist for the Family Research Councila conservative Christian group.
Duggar later apologized for a porn addiction and for also cheat on his wife. He called himself “the greatest hypocrite.”
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