He maintains that he is innocent and intends to appeal.ĭuggar’s family was featured on the TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting. Prosecutors sought the maximum sentence of 20 years, saying in a court filing that Duggar has a “deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children.” Duggar’s lawyers had asked for a five-year sentence. District Court in Fayetteville, Ark., the Associated Press reports.
Judge Timothy Brooks imposed the sentence Wednesday in U.S. Josh Duggar, the oldest sibling in a famously huge and notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ family, has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison on child pornography charges.ĭuggar had been convicted by a jury in December of receiving and possessing child porn.
