JOSH Duggar has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on child pornography charges after the disgraced star begged for just 60 months behind bars, The Sun can first report.
Arkansas Judge Timothy L. Brooks sentenced Josh, 34, to 151 months in prison on May 25. According to The Sun's court reporter, Josh appeared stoic as he received his sentence, which also includes $50,000 in fines.
As he read his decision, the judge called Josh's crimes "the sickest of the sick" to the packed courtroom. He then said to Josh: "You have done some very bad things.
But in your life as a whole, you've done good things...The true test of a man's character is what a man does when no one is watching." Referring to Josh's insistence that he's innocent, the judge continued: "I find it aggravating about the lack of responsibility." Josh's wife Anna, sister Joy-Anna, dad Jim Bob and brothers Jason and James watched him receive his grueling sentence in court on Wednesday, The Sun's reporter claimed.
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