Appeals court upholds Josh Duggar’s conviction for downloading child sex abuse images

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Josh Duggar’s conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected the appeal by the former reality TV star of his 2021 conviction. Duggar is serving a 12 1/2-year prison sentence. Duggar’s attorneys argued that a judge should not have allowed Duggar’s statements he made to investigators during the search of his car dealership that found the images. The appeals court ruled that agents questioning him made it clear that he wasn’t in custody and was free to leave. TLC canceled “19 Kids and Counting” in 2015 following allegations that Duggar had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter years earlier.