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UNDER CONTROL
Josh Duggar wears ANKLE MONITOR while leaving jail after child porn arrest as troubled star is on home confinement
JOSH Duggar wore an ankle monitor while leaving jail on Thursday, as the troubled star is on home confinement until his July 2021 trial for child pornography charges.
, 33, was last Thursday, as he .
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In photos obtained by The Sun, the bulge from Josh’s ankle monitor could be seen under his jeans as he walked from the court house to his attorney 's black Suburban.
The star , as he seemed to be flashing a smile under his face mask.
He also wore a pink checkered shirt and jeans.
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Josh will be residing with third-party custodians LaCount and Maria Reber, who have been friends of Jim Bob's for years.
The Arkansas judge ordered Josh to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
According to conditions of release obtained by The Sun, travel is restricted to Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division unless given approval from the U.S. Probation Office. That includes Benton, Washington and Madison counties.
He is restricted to the residence of LaCount and Maria Reber at all times except for employment, education, religious services, medical or mental health treatment, attorney visits, court-ordered obligations, court hearings or other activities approved by a parole officer.
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Other terms include maintaining employment, no possession of firearms, no excessive alcohol use, no possession of pornography and more.
Josh has unlimited access to his six children with his , 32, as long as she is present.
He is unable to have contact with other minors, including his siblings, nieces and nephews.
The Jim Bob and Michelle’s oldest son: "The court views these charges as very serious. It is a concern to have an agent testify that the file download found on a computer is some of the worst child abuse pornography in 1,000 cases, that concerns the court.
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"The victims of your crime, if you committed it, concern the court. Children are involuntary victims of pornography. They’re subject to human trafficking. This weighs against your release into the community.”
She said the molestation scandal that was made public “concerns her,” because of the age of the victims and the children in the videos and photos.
The judge added: "I am concerned images and ages are very close to the ages of your children and nephews and nieces and siblings' children. I don't know if you're a danger.”
Special Agent Gerald Faulkner from Homeland Security was the first to take the stand at the hearing, as he was questioned by the prosecutor.
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He said: “In May of 2019, [an Arkansas police officer] identified a computer participating in the known sharing of photos and videos of child pornography.”
He claimed Josh had one two-minute video on his computer of two underage females and a male who performed sexual acts on the children.
Also found were 65 images of an underage female “consistent with child pornography.”
The victims were ages 5 to 10.
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It was also alleged in order to get a hold of the images.
Josh admitted he had a TOR browser on his computer, which gave him access to the dark web anonymously.
The Homeland Security special agent explained how the child pornography could be found on the dark web.
Faulkner said downloads from a specific file were made which were "in the top five of the worst of the worst that I've ever had to examine.”
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The specific file has been known to include children as young as 18 months old. Faulkner did not say if Josh downloaded the photos involving an 18-month-old.
The Sun previously broke Josh was last Thursday.
The arrest is related to the 2019 Homeland Security raid on Josh's .
In November 2019, Homeland Security conducted an “ongoing federal investigation” at the lot.
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According to the indictment, Josh between or about May 14, 2019 and on or about May 16, 2019.
For the second count, Josh “knowingly possessed material that contained images of child pornography,” including “images of minors under the age of 12.”
According the Department of Justice, Josh “allegedly used the internet to download child sexual abuse material. Duggar allegedly possessed this material, some of which depicts the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12, in May 2019.”
If convicted, he could receive 20 years in prison with fines up to $250,000 for each count.
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Josh at his arraignment.
Back in 2015, In Touch magazine reported Josh was and a babysitter when he was a teenager, after which he said he "acted inexcusably.”
He was never arrested or charged with any crime, and the family stayed quiet until it was exposed years later in the media.
His younger sisters , 29, and , 28, came forward as two of the victims in an interview with , where they insisted they had .
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More allegations followed for Josh, as another report just three months later claimed the former TLC star was using adultery dating service Ashley Madison.
Soon after, porn star Danica Dillon, whose real name is Ashley Johnston, claimed he . Josh has always denied the alleged assault.
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has and continues to do so today.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
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