Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks to give the maximum term of 20 years to Duggar, whose large family was the focus of TLC's"19 Kids and Counting." They argued in a pre-sentencing court filing that Duggar has a"deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children."
TLC canceled"19 Kids and Counting" in 2015 following allegations that Duggar had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter years earlier. Authorities began investigating the abuse in 2006 after receiving a tip from a family friend but concluded that the statute of limitations on any possible charges had expired.
In seeking a 20-year sentence, prosecutors cited the graphic images - and the ages of the children involved - as well as court testimony about the alleged abuse of Duggar's sisters. Prosecutors also noted that Duggar's computer had been partitioned to evade accountability software that had been installed to report to his wife activity such as porn searches, according to experts.
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