40/29’S LYDIA FIELDER IS LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE, LYDIA? TODAY WE ARE EXPECTING JY UR SELECTION TO BEGIN. COT UR IS EXPECTED TO START AROUND THIS IS VIDEO OF DGAR UG AN D HIS DEFENSE TEAM AS THEY LEFT COURT YESTERDAY. THE JUDGE IN THE CASE LDHE A HEARING TO DISCUSS IF JIM BOB DUGGAR – JOSH’S FATHER AND A FAMILY FRIEND COULD BE CALLED TO TESTIFY. THEY BOTH TALKED IN COURT MONDAY THAT THEY RECEIVED CONFESSIONS FROM JH OS DUGGAR WHEN HE WAS 14 AND 15 YEARS OLD ABOUT HOW HE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED MINORS IDENTIFIED AS JANE DOE 1, 2 3 AND 4. THE PROSECUTION WANTS THE JUDGE TO ALLOW THE TWO TO TESTIFY IN DUGGAR’S TRIAL, BUT THE DEFENSE SAYS THAT BECAUSE BOTH JIM BOB AND BOBBIE WE ERSPIRITUAL LEADERS OF THEIR CHURCH – THAT TESTIMONY WOU LD VIOLATE “CLERGY PRIVILEG” E. THE DEFENSE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT DUGGAR WAS A MINOR AT THE TIM E. JOSH DUGGAR IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION. DUGGAR FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AND FINES OF UP TO $250,000 ON EACHOU CNT
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.”
