Posted on 04/30/2021 12:50:37 PM PDT by Morgana
CNN)Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar has been arrested on federal charges related to the possession of child pornography, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of Arkansas. Duggar allegedly downloaded material that depicted the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, the US attorney's office said in a statement. Duggar allegedly possessed the material in May 2019. Duggar, the oldest son of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, whose family was the subject of the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," faces two charges, the indictment shows -- one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted, the statement said.
Duggar was arrested in Arkansas Thursday, according to the statement. He appeared in federal court Friday via video conference and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
"We intend to defend this case aggressively and thoroughly. In this country, no one can stop prosecutors from charging a crime. But when you're accused, you can fight back in the courtroom -- and that is exactly what Josh intends to do," Duggar's attorneys Justin Gelfand, Travis W. Story and Greg Payne said in an email to CNN Friday.
Duggar is set to appear in court again on May 5 for a detention hearing. The trial is currently scheduled for July 6, Judge Erin Wiedemann said.
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I guess this is one of the 19 spawn that were featured on some reality non-winnner TV show. So that makes it nearly a certainty that he perved his sisters (and maybe brothers) as well, even if it hasn’t been reported. Child abusers take advantage of the easiest opportunities, which is why they often go for kids at church, scouts, or right there at home.
It’s a hardcore form of deviancy, that’s for sure. That said, there must be examples of individuals having been fully retrieved from it, if only by the grace of God.
“poor excuses of parents”
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Not for nothing, but nineteen children suggests some degree of proficiency, one would think...
That's what I was thinking. One count is one picture possibly even subject to conjecture from a few years ago. A perv would have conclusive multiple counts.
This is smacks of another "Federal Agent" DOJ Christian trashing witch hunt.
haha!
>>One cannot lie to the government.<<
Yet the government can and does lie with regularity and impunity to we the people. Illegally spying on American citizens, using the DOJ, IRS, & other agencies to fraudulently harass and prosecute Americans, concocting lies about collusion with America’s enemies, stealing elections from the American people. The list is endless.
Today’s Federal government has more in common with the reign of George III than with the Founders & Framers.
Now we know why he and his wife kept having kids.
Wasn’t he the one accused of molesting several of his sisters?
If I’m following your line of thinking, what a sick ....!
Hopefully his wife is ignorant of his alleged deviancy.
Yes, he’s the one.
I don’t feel sorry for his wife as I’m sure she knew all along. He was sent to some kind of rehab a few years back in IL or so I heard.
Maybe they can make a reality show of him in the hoosegow.
Too bad his name isn’t Biden.
“Wasn’t he the one accused of molesting several of his sisters?”
4 sisters 1 cousin.
and his family said it was because “He was just courious about girls”
BS. He was a predator then and is now.
We live in dangerous times.
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