will spend another two months in prison and has also been placed under solitary confinement after his conviction for child pornography.
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Josh Duggars Sentence Extended, Now in Solitary
Josh Duggar will spend another two months in prison and has also been placed under solitary confinement after his conviction for child pornography.The 38-year-o...
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The 38-year-old former reality star -whose on a technicality - is now scheduled to be released on February 2, 2033 according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
This is actually the third time his prison sentence has been extended as his original release date was set for August 2032 after he was convicted of possessing child sex abuse material in 2021.
He is currently being held at low security federal correctional facility for male inmates, FCI Seagoville, in Seagoville, which is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Meanwhile, his cousin Amy Duggar King said on social media that Duggar was 'again in solitary confinement' for a 'rules violation' that had .
Duggar's attorney Beau Brindley told People: 'there is no way ... to know the basis of a deviation of this limited magnitude,' as they added that it could 'be the result of program availability, which is wholly out of the inmate's control.'
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Josh Duggar will spend another two months in prison and has also been placed under solitary confinement after his conviction for child pornography
He is currently being held at low security federal correctional facility for male inmates, FCI Seagoville, in Seagoville, Texas which is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area
This comes a week after the news that Duggar's attempt to be retried or might be upended by a time-related technicality.
Last Wednesday, the reality star presented his appeal case in a federal court, looking to have his conviction vacated or a retrial based on eight issues his legal team flagged in their filing.
Duggar's past molestation of five young girls in the early 2000s led to the swift cancellation of the family's TLC series in 2015. The Duggars seen in March of 2014
This comes a week after the news that Duggar's attempt to be retried or freed in his 2021 child pornography conviction might be upended by a time-related technicality; Duggar seen promoting his family's show in NYC in 2014
He also claimed in his filing that an expert with the Department of Justice made false claims while under oath, and misled the court with 'prejudicial information.'
Duggar said it was unfair that a police report detailing his past history of molestation had been released, making it harder on him to get a fair trial.
Josh Duggar is father to seven children with wife Anna, 37
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'Back 12 years ago our family went through one of the most difficult times of our lives,' they said in a May 21, 2015 post. 'When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes and we were shocked.
'We had tried to teach him right from wrong. That dark and difficult time caused us to seek God like never before.'
Jim Bob and Michelle continued, 'We pray that as people watch our lives they see that we are not a perfect family. We have challenges and struggles everyday. '
The latest events surrounding Josh Duggar come on the heels of major legal issues for his younger brother Joseph, 31, as he faces child molestation charges.
The Duggar family reality show began airing in 2008 as 17 Kids and Counting, and was removed from the air in 2015
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Josh and wife Anna seen at CPAC in February of 2015, months before news broke of his past molestation
The latest events come on the heels of major legal issues for Josh's younger brother Joseph, 31, who faces child molestation charges in a 2020 incident
The incident involving Joe occurred in 2020 in Panama City Beach, Florida during a vacation, according to the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
'As the vacation continued, he also asked [the victim] to sit next to him on a couch and covered them with a blanket,' officials said. 'During this time, Duggar manipulated the victim's underwear and grazed her genitals.
'Duggar would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs. The victim stated Duggar eventually apologized for his actions and the incidents stopped after the apology.'
He pled not guilty to the charges in Arkansas and has a court date set for August 10.
For those who have been impacted by sexual abuse, text 'STRENGTH' to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
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