BREAKING NEWS NOW – WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JOSH DUGGAR TRIAL. 4029’S PAUL PETITTE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRIAL — AND IS LIVE AT FEDERAL COURT IN FAYETTEVILLE. PAUL? COURT JUST WRAPPED UP FOR THE DAY… U-S DISTRICT JUDGE TIM BROOKS WHITTD LE DOWN 52 JURORS TO GET TO T HE FINAL 12 AND 4 ALTERNATES… TODAY’S QUESTIONING CENTERED AROUND THE JURO RS FAMILIARITY WITH JOSH AND THE DUGGAR’S AND THEIR CELEBRITY FROM THEIR TIME ON A REALITY TV SH. OW OUT OF THE 52 POTENTIAL JURORS, ONLY 15 SAID THEY WERE NOT AT ALL FAMILI AR WITH JOSH DUGGAR FILAMY. THE REMAINING EITHER SAID THEY HAD WATCHED A F OEWTHE F TV SHOWS OR VIEWED SOME PETY OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ABOUT THE DUGGARS. JURORS WERE ALSO TOLD THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO EXPLICIT MATERIAL INVOLVING CHILD PORNOGPHRAY. AGAIN DUGGAR IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND E ON COUNT OF POSSESSION. HE FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AND FINES OF UPO T $250,000 ON EACH COUNT IF HE
Joshua Duggar trial: Judge to decide on potential witnesses
The trial for former reality TV star Joshua Duggar is scheduled to start Tuesday. He faces federal charges of receipt and possession of child pornography.An evidentiary hearing was held Monday to determine if two witnesses could testify before the jury.Those witnesses could include Joshua Duggar’s father, Jim Bob Duggar, and family friend Bobbye Holt. Jim Bob Duggar is running for an open Arkansas State Senate seat in a special election. The two told a judge that Joshua Duggar admitted to those two potential witnesses that he sexually assaulted children in 2003.The prosecution told the judge the witnesses can help establish a pattern of behavior.The defense told the judge the incidents happened a long time ago when Joshua Duggar was a minor himself. They said he confessed to Bobbye Holt when she was acting as part of a church group and that her testimony should be prohibited due to Arkansas law on clergy privilege.The judge asked for briefings on the issue from each side Tuesday morning, ahead of jury selection.The federal indictment obtained by 40/29 News accuses Duggar of knowingly receiving child pornography and possessing it in May 2019. It includes images of minors under the age of 12.Who is Josh Duggar?Joshua Duggar is the oldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children, and was a star on the television show “19 Kids and Counting.”Joshua served as executive director of the Family Research Council, and led rallies against LGBTQ rights, including a seven-state “Faith, Family, Freedom” tour.He resigned from the Family Research Council after sexual misconduct allegations made when he was a juvenile were reported. Duggar went into what his family called “long-term rehab.”
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
The trial for former reality TV star Joshua Duggar is scheduled to start Tuesday. He faces federal charges of receipt and possession of child pornography.
An evidentiary hearing was held Monday to determine if two witnesses could testify before the jury.
Those witnesses could include Joshua Duggar’s father, Jim Bob Duggar, and family friend Bobbye Holt. Jim Bob Duggar is running for an open Arkansas State Senate seat in a special election. The two told a judge that Joshua Duggar admitted to those two potential witnesses that he sexually assaulted children in 2003.
The prosecution told the judge the witnesses can help establish a pattern of behavior.
The defense told the judge the incidents happened a long time ago when Joshua Duggar was a minor himself. They said he confessed to Bobbye Holt when she was acting as part of a church group and that her testimony should be prohibited due to Arkansas law on clergy privilege.
The judge asked for briefings on the issue from each side Tuesday morning, ahead of jury selection.
The federal indictment obtained by 40/29 News accuses Duggar of knowingly receiving child pornography and possessing it in May 2019. It includes images of minors under the age of 12.
Who is Josh Duggar?
Joshua Duggar is the oldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children, and was a star on the television show “19 Kids and Counting.”
Joshua served as executive director of the Family Research Council, and led rallies against LGBTQ rights, including a seven-state “Faith, Family, Freedom” tour.
He resigned from the Family Research Council after sexual misconduct allegations made when he was a juvenile were reported. Duggar went into what his family called “long-term rehab.”
