Josh Duggar, the eldest son from the reality TV show
19 Kids and Counting, has been charged with possession of and receiving child pornography, the Justice Department announced on Friday.
Duggar was arrested on Thursday by U.S. Marshals in Arkansas and booked at the Washington County jail.
Duggar is accused of downloading child sexual abuse material, some of which depicts children younger than 12, and having it in his possession in May of 2019, according to the indictment. He appeared in an Arkansas courtroom on Friday via Zoom and pleaded not guilty from the Washington County Detention Center, while wearing a gray-and-black prison jumpsuit.
Josh Duggar being held at Washington County jail
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Josh Duggar’s mugshot, in which he appears to be smirking. Pic credit: Washington County
Josh and his wife, Anna Duggar, only days ago disclosed that they are expecting their seventh child. They shared a gender reveal on her Instagram account, revealing the couple who already share three boys and three girls together are expecting another girl.
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Josh Duggar’s other scandals
This isn’t the first time Josh Duggar has made headlines, but is the first time he has been arrested.
Back in May 2015, it was revealed that Josh had molested several of his sisters and another girl about a decade prior. The police report was released, and the names were redacted. Based on the information given, it wasn’t hard for people to figure out which sisters were the victims, and from there, things escalated.
Neither Duggar nor his wife Anna Duggar, who recently announced she s pregnant with their seventh child, have commented on his arrest.
Duggar has faced legal trouble before but has never been charged with any crime. It is unclear if his past reported cases are related to his recent arrest.
In 2015, his extended family s TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting was famously canceled after an unearthed, expunged police report from 2006 stated that the reality star was accused of molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager. The victims included four of his sisters, including Jill Duggar and Jessa Duggar. Their parents told Fox News that Duggar, their eldest child, had admitted to inappropriately touching his sisters while they slept. He was never charged.