Josh Duggar May Get His Appeal?! See What The Judge Is 'Concerned' About
17.02.2023 - 02:43
/ perezhilton.com
Could Josh Duggar be on his way to an appeal?
As we’re sure you’re aware, the 34-year-old was found guilty of possessing child pornography just over a year ago. In May, he was sentenced to serve 151 months in federal prison on that conviction after a very public trial. A month later, he was transferred to FCI Seagoville in the Dallas, Texas area, where he is set to live out the 12 remaining years of his sentence. But he isn’t done fighting the conviction yet!
Last October the disgraced reality TV star’s team filed an appeal because apparently he says he deserves a retrial. Wednesday the US Sun released the docs which stated exactly why Josh believes he was treated unfairly:
He says he was “blindsided” and “wasn’t allowed to leave” — but come on, it was an FBI raid. Why would the agents allow their suspect to come and go while they’re in the middle of a bust?
Related: Jinger Duggar Cries Discussing Josh’s Child Porn Scandal
The government argued they let him have total freedom to leave whenever he wanted, but the docs claimed he was essentially trapped there because he had no “means” to leave — he had no vehicle or ride, so he’d have to walk. Uh, we’re failing to see how his lack of getaway car is the government’s fault…
But guys, it looks like this is a real problem in court. On Thursday, the outlet revealed the 19 Kids & Counting star’s attorney Justin Gelfand might just have the upper hand. In court, the lawyer said:
As the judge listened, he asked if Josh could’ve gone elsewhere to make a phone call — but Gelfand said it was impossible:
Joshua Handell, for the prosecution, argued that this wouldn’t be the fault of the FBI agents:
He continued on to say Josh DID, in fact, leave the scene without issue — and he wasn’t