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Former actuality TV star Josh Duggar has been handed almost two months of further jail time on high of his current 12 and a half 12 months sentence, as per jail data.
Duggar, 35, was convicted of kid pornography prices in 2021.
Duggar’s prolonged sentence comes after he was caught with a contraband cellphone final month. As a end result, the 19 Kids and Counting ex-castmate was reportedly positioned in solitary confinement.
Representatives for Duggar haven’t commented publicly on his prolonged sentence.
In December 2021, Duggar was convicted of downloading and possessing little one pornography after a Little Rock, Ark., police detective discovered little one pornography information had been being shared by a pc traced to Duggar. A federal agent testified in 2020 that pictures depicting the sexual abuse of kids, together with toddlers, had been downloaded in 2019 onto a pc at a automobile dealership Duggar owned.
Duggar later apologized for a pornography habit and for dishonest on his spouse, calling himself “the biggest hypocrite ever.”
He has, nonetheless, maintained his innocence concerning the kid pornography convictions. His attorneys are nonetheless seeking to overturn his sentence.
TLC cancelled 19 Kids and Counting, which featured the massive Duggar clan, in 2015 following revelations that he had molested 4 of his sisters and a babysitter. Authorities started investigating the abuse in 2006 after receiving a tip from a household pal.
No prices had been ever positioned in opposition to Duggar in these cases, because the statute of limitations had expired.
Duggar’s authentic jail launch date was set for Aug. 12, 2032. As a results of the extension, Duggar is now scheduled for launch on Oct. 2, 2032. He is serving the sentence within the jail FCI Seagovillee, close to Dallas.
— With information from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield
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