Supreme Court Denies Request to Appeal Josh Duggar’s Child Pornography Conviction

Published on June 24, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied former reality television star Josh Duggar’s request to appeal his conviction for downloading images of child sexual abuse. Mr. Duggar, 36, whose large family was featured on the TLC show “19 Kids and Counting,” was convicted in December 2021 on one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography. As is typical, the court did not provide details on its decision. Federal investigators launched an investigation after law enforcement in Little Rock, Arkansas, found child pornography files that were shared from a computer traced to Mr. Duggar at a car dealership he owned. A federal agent testified that the images that were downloaded in 2019 depicted the sexual abuse of children, including toddlers. He was sentenced to 151 months in prison....

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