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TLC star Josh Duggar sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for child pornography

Reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison for receiving materials depicting the sexual abuse of children. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks handed down the sentence of 151 months at a courthouse in Fayetteville, Ark. Duggar, a 34-year-old father of seven, rose to fame on "19 Kids and Counting," a long-running TLC reality series about a ...
In this handout photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, former television personality on "19 Kids And Counting" Josh Duggar poses for a booking photo after his arrest on April 29, 2021, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison for receiving materials depicting the sexual abuse of children.

U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks handed down the sentence of 151 months at a courthouse in Fayetteville, Ark.

Duggar, a 34-year-old father of seven,," a about a fundamentalist Christian family who homeschooled their children and disavowed birth control and kissing before marriage. The eldest of 19 children, Josh played a major role in the series, which followed him as he married, started his own family and took an influential job with the Family Research Council's lobbying arm in Washington, D.C.

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