Josh Duggar, of ’19 Kids and Counting,’ Gets Appeal in Child Pornography Case Rejected by Supreme Court
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal made by former reality television subject Josh Duggar, who was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2021 and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022.
The decision came Monday morning, per the Associated Press. Duggar featured on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting.” Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision, the conviction was upheld in lower courts.
Duggar’s appeal was centered on the argument that his attorneys should have been permitted to include details about a prior sex-offense conviction against a former employee of Duggar’s car dealership, who had used the computer as the one was seized in the investigation around Duggar.
Duggar’s former employee did not give testimony in the trial after the judge ruled that they could not testify on the prior conviction.
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