Josh Duggar‘s alleged confession to molesting four girls in his past can be used in the current trial of his child pornography case, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, AP reports.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks made the ruling when rejecting a motion by Josh’s attorneys to prevent the evidence from being heard as the trial began.
The 33-year-old 19 Kids and Counting star, who was arrested in Apr., is being charged with two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography.
The new ruling comes as prosecutors reportedly want the jury to hear testimony from a family friend of the Duggars who testified in a pre-trial hearing on Monday and said Josh told her in 2003 that he molested four girls.
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