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Read our Josh Duggar sentencing trial live blog for the latest news and updates… If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) at 800-656-HOPE (4673). Josh’s father, Jim Bob Duggar, wife Anna Duggar, brother Jason Duggar, and sister Joy-Anna (Duggar) Forsyth were all spotted outside of the courthouse before the proceedings. Judge Timothy L Brooks approved the request to move it to May 25.
The former 19 Kids and Counting TV personality previously requested to postpone an April 5 sentencing by 30 days while he remained behind bars in Washington County Jail in Arkansas. He had no reaction when he was given the judgment. He was, however, sentenced to 151 months – almost 12-and-a-half years – for the crimes. The oldest Duggar son’s team requested that he spends just five years in prison, while the prosecution asked that he receive the maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars. Josh, 34, was found guilty of possessing and receiving child pornography on December 9 after a nearly two-week trial. Josh has faced sex-related crimes in the past, previously being accused of sexually abusing five underage girls, including four of his sisters, while he was a teenager.JOSH Duggar has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison after being found guilty of possessing child pornography. The former TLC personality was found guilty in December 2021.
Josh’s trial began in November 2021, seven months after his arrest for receiving and possessing child pornography. Yesterday was another one of those hard days,” the couple wrote Thursday, noting that they “continue to love Josh and his family and will be there for them.” Josh was previously accused of sexually abusing five underage girls, including four of his sisters. “The last several weeks and months have been difficult emotionally. The following day, Jill Duggar and her husband, Derick Dillard, released a statement of their own on their family’s blog. “Hopefully tonight, I can sleep for the first time ever and rest assured that another monster will be put behind bars makes my heart feel a little lighter.” Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard and more Duggar family members have commented on Josh’s sentencing. “Where he’s going … the prisoners are going to take care of him,” the “Marriage Boot Camp” alum, 35, told her Instagram followers in a video. When Josh was sentenced to 151 months behind bars, cousin Amy Duggar was the first of his family members to react online. In December 2021, Josh was found guilty of receiving and possessing child porn. Jason was present with his parents, Jim Bob Duggar and Amy Duggar, and his sister Joy-Anna Duggar at the Western District of Arkansas Federal Courthouse for Josh’s sentencing hearing Wednesday. “My prayer is that God will use this circumstance to truly humble him and bring about a true change in his life!” Jason attended Josh’s hearing with Joy-Anna Duggar and their parents. “With that said, I will never stop loving my brother, regardless of what he does, just as my savior has forgiven me so I have forgiven my brother of his wrongdoings!” Jason concluded. “My heart is grieved over the choices my brother has made,” Jason wrote. The former reality star added that Josh’s crimes “greatly effected those around him,” mentioning the 34-year-old’s wife, Anna Duggar, and their seven kids: Mackynzie, 12, Michael, 10, Marcus, 8, Meredith, 6, Mason, 4, Maryella, 2, and Madyson, 7 months. “My heart is grieved over the choices my brother has made, his actions do not reflect that of a Christian believer and have doubtlessly defamed my Lord and Saviors name!!” Brooks was fair in his ruling giving Josh a sentence that would be considered below the median for the crimes he has committed,” Jason continued.
“Yesterday my oldest brother was sentenced to 151 months, around 12 1/2 years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography,” the “Counting On” alum, 22, wrote on his Instagram Story Thursday. Jason Duggar released a lengthy statement following Josh Duggar’s child porn sentencing, writing that he has “forgiven” his older brother. Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years in prison in child porn case