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EX-REALITY TV STAR JOSH DUGGAR FOUND GUILTY IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL
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Ex-reality TV star Josh Duggar found guilty in child pornography trial
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MORE ON: JOSH DUGGAR
* BOTH SIDES REST IN JOSH DUGGAR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL
* JOSH DUGGAR’S ESTRANGED SIBLINGS MAY TESTIFY IN HIS CHILD PORN TRIAL
* JOSH DUGGAR DOWNLOADED VIDEO OF 3-MONTH-OLD BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED: DOJ
* DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS EMERGE AS JOSH DUGGAR’S CHILD PORN TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY
Josh Duggar is staring down up to 40 years in prison after an Arkansas jury on
Thursday found him guilty of receiving and possessing child porn.
Duggar, 33, was found guilty on one count each of receiving and possessing child
pornography — he could face up to 20 years behind bars and fines of up to
$250,000 for each count.
The jury reached its verdict after seven hours of deliberation following a
six-day trial, according to NBC’s Fayetteville station KNWA.
TLC canceled the Duggar family’s show, “19 Kids and Counting,” after reports
surfaced that Josh Duggar had molested five girls, including his sisters, when
he was a minor. TLC then canceled a spin-off after Duggar was arrested over
child porn in April this year.
The defense argued that someone else had downloaded the child porn that was
discovered on Duggar’s work computer. His attorney, Justin Gilfand, went as far
as calling the case “a classic, old fashioned whodunit.”
Josh Duggar is seen smiling in his latest mugshot on Dec. 9, 2021.Washington
County Sheriff
During the trial, a friend of the Duggar family said that Josh had discussed
downloading software to up the privacy on his computer. He ultimately installed
a password-protected partition on his hard drive that he used to download porn
on his desktop work computer at his used car lot, the DOJ said.
A different friend of the family testified that Duggar admitted to
inappropriately touching girls in 2003 in a conversation with her, and provided
more details about what he did in 2005.
Josh Duggar is seen in a white shirt while having his suit jacket removed
following his trial on Dec. 9, 2021.Pap$hot / BACKGRID
The defense had tried to shield the jurors from hearing about the molestation
allegations, arguing Duggar never faced charges over the claims. U.S. District
Judge Timothy Brooks shot that down, writing that the “child pornography victims
in this case are approximately the same ages as the victims of defendant’s
hands-on child-molestation offenses.”
The case was prosecuted under the Justice Department’s “Protect Safe Childhood”
inaitiative, which works to combat child sex exploitation, in the Western
District of Arkansas.
Josh Duggar bows his head down while being escorted to a Sheriff’s SUV after his
conviction at Fayetteville, Arkansas.Pap$hot / BACKGRID
“Over 7% of the cases sentenced in the year 2020 in the Western District of
Arkansas were child pornography and sexual abuse cases,” said US Attorney Clay
Fowlkes, who said in a statement the verdict “demonstrates that no person is
above the law.”
“Regardless of wealth, social status, or fame, our office will continue to seek
out all individuals who seek to abuse children and victimize them through the
downloading, possession, and sharing of child pornography,” he wrote.
The Justice Department said at the time of his arrest that some of the porn he
downloaded had kids under the age of 12 in it.
Josh Duggar, his wife Anna and his legal time arrive at the John Paul
Hammerschmidt Federal Building in Fayetteville on December 9, 2021.BACKGRID
At one point in the trial, DOJ agent James Fottrell alleged that Duggar
downloaded a video of a three-month-year-old girl being tortured and sexually
abused.
“The infant is crying and screaming. It’s one of the most offensive videos that
I’m familiar with throughout my whole career,” Fottrell said.
The jury had to suffer through the presentation of some of the 65 or more images
reportedly found on Duggar’s computer.
A solemn Anna Duggar leaves court after her husband’s conviction.BACKGRID
Duggar’s wife Anna stood by him throughout the trial and was pictured walking
into court holding her husband’s hand.
The couple has seven children, including a daughter Madyson who was born in
November. Duggar’s arrest came just days after Anna announced her latest
pregnancy to the world.
His dad, Jim Bob Duggar, is currently running as a Republican for a state
senator seat in Arkansas. In the wake of the arrest, Jim Bob and his wife
Michelle spoke vaguely about the horrific charges their son faced, saying they
prayed “the truth, no matter what it is, will come to light.”
Duggar faces a possible 20 years in prison.Washington County Sheriff’s Offi
TLC had tried to get around the allegations by making the focus of the 2015
Duggar spinoff, “Counting On,” two of the sisters who said they were victims of
Josh’s molestation.
It didn’t help that Josh was discovered in the massive Ashley Madison hack that
year, forcing him to come clean about cheating and admitting to being addicted
to porn.
“I have been the biggest hypocrite ever,” Josh wrote at the time, and then
checked into a faith-based long term treatment center to treat male sin.
Josh Duggar’s lawyers argued that someone else had downloaded the child porn
that was discovered on Duggar’s work computer.BACKGRID
Law enforcement caught Duggar while doing an undercover investigation into a
file sharing program used for distributing child porn, searching his used car
lot in 2019 and seizing his computer, the DOJ said.
Duggar has not yet been sentenced, and a date is expected to be set three to
four months from now.
Additional reporting by Marjorie Hernandez
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