Former TLC star Josh Duggar has maintained his fame behind bars, as The US Sun has exclusively learned that the fallen reality star is signing autographs while serving his prison sentence on child pornography charges.
Josh36, is serving a 151-month sentence at FCI Seagoville in Dallas, Texas, with a release date of October 2032.
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US Sun can exclusively reveal that Josh, who appeared on the family’s long-running TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, is also considered a celebrity in Seagoville, as a source stated: “Josh has been signing autographs in newspaper articles about he to family members of prisoners. .”
A representative for Seagoville had no comment when contacted by The US Sun.
US Sun previously reported how Josh is behind bars.
In February 2023, he got into trouble for sneaking a cell phone into prison.
Josh was thrown into the FCI Seagoville SHU, which stands for Special Housing Unit, and is more commonly known as solitary confinement.
A family member of an inmate at the facility exclusively told The US Sun at the time: “I would be very surprised if he was released, as most of the people there have been there for months.
“He has to wait until he has his disciplinary hearing.”
According to the Bureau of Federal Prisons, SHU inmates are allowed only “one phone call per month.”
As for visits, these are “restricted” or “prohibited” depending on the reason for the detention.
He was released from the SHU in March of the same year.
STRICT RULES
The US Sun also previously reported how the prison cracked down on contraband entering the facility.
Earlier this year, an inmate from Josh’s unit was arrested with contraband.
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A source previously stated, “They got a new warden at Seagoville, and she has been posting warnings about contraband saying that if contraband is found in a cell in a unit, the entire unit will be shut down and lose privileges.
“Josh’s building was destroyed this week and they found a bunch of contraband. I know they found a lot of alcohol.
Josh Duggar’s Legal Timeline
Former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in prison for downloading and possessing child sexual abuse images in December 2021. Here’s the timeline of the former reality star’s legal troubles.
- Josh was initially accused of downloading child sexual abuse material in May 2019 following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigators.
- Later that November, Homeland Security visited the dealership where Josh worked to hack into his computer.
- On April 29, 2021, Josh was arrested and held without bond in an Arkansas jail.
- He was accused the next day during a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas via Zoom with receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse, to which he pleaded not guilty.
- Josh’s trial began on November 30, 2021, in federal court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the verdict was reached on December 9, 2021.
- He was found guilty of knowing and receiving child sexual abuse material.
- In May 2022, Josh was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $50,100 in fines and special assessments.
- Josh’s legal team later appealed the conviction to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which was denied in late 2023.
- Shortly thereafter, Josh appealed again for a new trial, with his lawyer arguing that federal agents would not allow Josh to call him at the time of his arrest.
- On June 24, 2024, Josh’s request was again rejected.
The source added of the punishments: “No word on whether mass punishments occurred… but it would likely be the withdrawal of phone and email privileges.”
JOSH’S LEGAL PROBLEMS
Josh was arrested and charged with possession and receipt of child pornography in April 2021.
The jury returned a guilty verdict after a nearly two-week trial in Arkansas.
Josh was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison in May and transferred to FCI Seagoville in June 2022.
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Josh’s lawyer, Justin Gelfand, filed an appeal to overturn the conviction and hold a new trial in October 2022.
In one of the arguments, Justin alleged that federal agents allegedly seized Josh’s phone when he tried to contact his lawyer during a raid in his parking lot a year and a half before his arrest, while he was speaking to agents without anyone present. a lawyer.
The appeal was denied in November 2023.
Then, in 2024, the Supreme Court officially denied the conviction appeal.
JOSH’S VISITORS
Josh remains married to his wife Anna, 36, as she has been seen visiting the prison with their seven young children.
The US Sun previously reported that other family members also visited Josh, as his brother Joseph, 29, and brother-in-law David Waller visited him on Monday, March 4.
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