{"id":1492073,"date":"2022-05-25T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492073"},"modified":"2022-05-25T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T21:01:41","slug":"josh-duggar-sentenced-to-151-months-in-prison-for-child-porn-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-duggar-sentenced-to-151-months-in-prison-for-child-porn-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Duggar Sentenced To 151 Months In Prison For Child Porn Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjosh-duggar-sentenced-to-151-months-in-prison-for-child-porn-possession%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Josh Duggar, the eldest son of the famous reality show about the Duggar family from TLC\u2019s \u201c19 Kids and Counting,\u201d was sentenced to 151 months \u2014 that\u2019s 12.5 years \u2014 stemming from being found guilty of child pornography possession, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/5409576\/josh-duggar-sentencing-updates\/\">The Sun<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Arkansas native attempted to get a new trial but had that request denied by the judge on Tuesday. He was found guilty by a federal jury in Arkansas on charges related to the receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/josh-duggar-sentenced-child-pornography-case\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duggar faced anywhere from five to twenty years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each conviction, People <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/josh-duggar-sentencing-family-supports-him-in-court\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorneys made a statement outside the courthouse after the former reality star was found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case represents a significant milestone for the Western District of Arkansas and our continued efforts to combat child abuse,\u201d one of the attorneys said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who would say that children who were photographed and videoed in a manner similar to the evidence in this case are not abused and are not victims are clearly wrong. Children who are photographed and videoed in manners such as this are the victims and every time their videos and photos are traded online, uploaded, and downloaded from the internet, they are victimized again,\u201d the attorney added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the Duggar family have been divided on whether Josh was innocent. His wife, Anna, has stood by her husband throughout the ordeal. The couple wed in 2008 and has seven children together, including a daughter born in late 2021, just months before Josh was found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Josh\u2019s mother, Michelle, wrote a letter to Judge Timothy L. Brooks requesting leniency in his sentencing.\u00a0 She said, \u201cJoshua has a tender heart and he is compassionate toward others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna called her husband a \u201cloving, supportive and caring father\u201d in a letter of her own.<\/p>\n<p>Josh\u2019s wife also stood by him in May 2015 after Josh was accused of molesting multiple teenage girls, including some of his sisters, in 2002. He admitted to wrongdoing at the time and apologized. \u201cI have been the biggest hypocrite ever,\u201d he wrote in a statement shared on the Duggar family website, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/josh-duggars-wife-anna-duggar-attends-child-porn-sentencing\/\">Us Weekly<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction, and I became unfaithful to my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hackers had found Josh\u2019s profile on the dating website Ashley Madison, which markets to married people seeking to have affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Josh\u2019s father, Jim Bob, and his siblings Joy-Anna (Duggar) Forsyth and Jason Duggar were seen at the Western District of Arkansas Federal Courthouse in Fayetteville on Wednesday morning before proceedings began. 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