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Family drama! Nearly one yr after 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar, 34, was convicted and sentenced to jail for possession of kid pornography, his sister, Jinger Duggar, 29, spoke out about him throughout a brand new interview on Tuesday (watch beneath). “I think that part of this story that I’m telling is you can’t put up all of these outward standards and rules and say that’s going to do anything. It’s not,” she stated throughout the Tamron Hall Show. “Your heart has to be changed from the inside out and only Jesus can truly change that.” Jinger adopted up that assertion along with her present ideas on Josh’s habits. “That’s not something I saw in my brother,” the TV persona added. “He’s not truly changed. So until God does that, it’s only what God can do.”
While talking on the present, the 29-year-old additionally clarified that she has not spoken to Josh “in years.” When Tamron Hall, 52, requested Jinger to remark additional on Josh’s “change” she claimed that she wasn’t conscious of his “journey” immediately. “I would leave that to whatever journey he’s on right now I don’t know,” Jinger continued. “I haven’t spoken to him in years.” In addition, Josh’s youthful sister revealed what her prayers have been for her brother. “I just would pray that he would be truly broken over what he’s done, but I just pray for the victims and their families,” she stated.
As beforehand talked about, Jinger’s interview comes eight months after Josh was sentenced to over 12 years in jail for receiving and possessing youngster pornography. The 34-year-old was sentenced within the Western District of Arkansas Federal Court in Fayetteville, AR on May 25, 2022. In paperwork obtained by HollywoodLife on the time, it was revealed that Josh obtained 151 months of imprisonment, 20 years supervised launch, and a $10,000.00 positive. The father-of-seven was discovered responsible on Dec. 9, 2021, after a jury deliberated for over seven hours.
Josh was charged in April 2021 after a federal Homeland Security agent testified that Josh’s work laptop contained “pornographic images showing the sexual abuse of children, including toddlers.” At the time, the previous TV star pleaded not responsible. Josh was beforehand on TLC’s Counting On and 19 Kids and Counting. He is married to Anna Duggar, 34, with whom he shares seven youngsters with. Their youngsters embrace: Mackynzie Renée, 13, Michael James, 11, Marcus Anthony, 9, Meredith Grace, 7, Mason Garrett, 5, Maryella Hope, 3, and Madyson Lily, 1.
After Josh’s launch from jail, he might be required to have the supervision of a parole officer for 20 years, based on PEOPLE. In addition, the convicted intercourse offender is “prohibited from any unsupervised contact with minors,” together with his personal seven youngsters. On Jan. 21, a supply near the inmate claimed to The US Sun that his spouse visits him usually. “We’ve seen Anna at visitation fairly regularly. I’ve spoken to Anna a couple of times. Normally the only thing I’ve seen is Anna and then their kids, I don’t really know anybody else,” they stated earlier this month.