00:0019 kids and counting alum joseph duggar has been arrested on child molestation charges
00:05and now his older brother josh duggar is speaking out from behind bars the convicted
00:11sex offender released this statement through his lawyer via the daily mail josh lives with the
00:16painful reality of how false accusations can destroy a life he understands how the targeting
00:20of a person for publicity can twist the truth into sensationalized fiction josh who is now 38
00:27added that he's deeply saddened by the charges and can relate to the stigma of being accused
00:32in 2015 the devout baptist family's tlc show was cancelled after a 2006 police report became public
00:39detailing disturbing claims the eldest brother of the reality tv family had been accused of molesting
00:45several minors including his sisters when he was a teenager josh was 14 or 15 at the time and his
00:52sisters were ages 5 to 11. their parents michelle and jim bob duggar later admitted on fox news that
00:59four of the five girls josh allegedly molested were indeed his siblings josh was never charged
01:04over those accusations however years later he was found guilty of child pornography possession
01:09prosecutors said he downloaded 600 photographs and seven videos of violent child sexual abuse he is
01:17currently serving a 12 year sentence at a low security federal prison in texas with an expected
01:22release in 2032 josh's statement from behind bars comes just two days after his younger brother joe duggar
01:29was booked in arkansas the 31 year old married father of four was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior
01:35involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor he is awaiting extradition to florida the arrest stems from
01:42a 2020 incident during a family vacation to panama city beach according to the now 14 year old victim's
01:48forensic interview joe repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap and under a blanket on a couch he allegedly
01:54rubbed her thighs and quote manipulated the victim's underwear and grazed her genitals she was nine at the
02:01time the accused joe and his wife kendra have four young children garrett seven addison six brooklyn five
02:08and the youngest justice was born in 2022 a family spokesperson told page six the duggars do not
02:14have a statement at this time
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