Josh Duggar Files Motion to Delay Sentencing After Child Pornography Conviction

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After Josh Duggar was convicted for receiving and possessing child pornography, Us Weekly can confirm he has filed a motion to delay sentencing.“Defendant Joshua James Duggar, by and through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests that this Court continue the sentencing hearing in this case by approximately 30 days,” the court docs, obtained by Us, read. “Specifically, the defense would benefit from a brief continuance to provide additional time to pursue additional information and documentation related to a possible 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) consideration.”In the 33-year-old 19 Kids and Counting alum’s Saturday, March 19 motion, his legal team also asked for a continuance due to “certain reasonable COVID-19 precautions” taken at the Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas, where he has been held since December.

Duggar’s sentencing is currently scheduled for Tuesday, April 5.The docs claim that “this brief continuance” is to give Duggar’s team time to gather more evidence and documentation to present as the court determines an appropriate sentence.

The motion also notes that Duggar’s lawyers have “faced some delay in scheduling certain attorney-client privileged meetings by videoconference” due to COVID-19 precautions.

His legal team says the extra time is needed to properly plan ahead of his sentencing.The Arkansas native was found guilty on two charges of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material in December 2021.