The Big Picture 19 Kids and Counting alum Josh Duggar is in hot water for his child pornography case. The Supreme Court has just denied the former reality star’s appeal against his May 2022 sentencing. As a result, Duggar is still looking at 151 months in prison and a $10,000 fine for downloading and possessing explicit content involving minors. While he had hoped to overturn his 12-year prison sentence, Duggar is now expected to remain behind bars till 2032.
The former TLC star was taken to trial seven months after the initial arrest and was found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography. Duggar’s defense attorney claimed that someone else had downloaded the explicit content onto the TLC alum’s computer. However, despite these claims, the jury upheld their verdict against Duggar.
The court documents state that Duggar admitted to “fondling a minor’s breasts while she slept” in 2022. His father did not report the incident to the police until 2006. Jim Bob Duggar also refused to let the authorities interview his son when the felony investigation was opened the same year. However, charges were not pressed at the time. Jim Bob Duggar claimed that their family friend and Arkansas state trooper Joseph Hutchens gave Josh Duggar a “stern talk” following the investigation.