Josh Duggar Wins -- Child Porn Sentencing Delayed By Months!
24.03.2022 - 22:59
/ perezhilton.com
Josh Duggar is successfully avoiding his sentencing… for a while at least!
On Saturday, the 19 Kids and Counting alum petitioned a court to postpone his April 5 sentencing by at least 30 days to give him and his team more time to prepare. Um… His conviction on child porn charges was in December. Five months wasn’t enough time to prepare a statement? They certainly had time to come up with an argument about why to delay…
So what was the argument? His filing claimed COVID-19 restrictions in the Washington County Jail in Arkansas, where the 34-year-old is currently staying, were making it more challenging to have meetings with his attorney. Via The Sun, court documents requesting the change read:
His defense team also stated that they were running up to scheduling issues with an unrelated case, so a postponement would be ideal for them.
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Surprisingly, after a few days deliberating, Judge Timothy L. Brooks has officially approved the request — and given Josh even more time than he asked for!
According to The Sun, the judge scheduled the hearing for May 25 — that’s two months from now. That’s certainly a lot more time to go over the details of the case, some of which have already been put on blast.
As Perezcious readers know, on December 9, Josh was found guilty of possessing and receiving child pornography. His lawyers have been anything but idle since then. A month later, Duggar’s team filed documents requesting an acquittal or a new trial. Lead defense attorney Justin Gelfand asked for an acquittal in the case pursuant to a technical federal legal rule. If that motion was to be declined, he requested a new trial for his client.