A report said that the prosecutor of Josh Duggar’s child pornography case and the reality TV star’s legal team are currently arguing over evidence before his trial this fall.
The 33-year-old “19 Children and Counting” alumnus was arrested in April. charged Received and possessed one item of child pornography for allegedly downloading computer files describing child sexual abuse in May 2019. Duggar pleaded not guilty to both charges in court and awaits his trial in November.
In the new court documents obtained peopleIn his case, the prosecution provided the defense with a screenshot in June showing that in addition to Arkansas Detective Amber Kalmer, two other law enforcement officers downloaded child sexual abuse materials allegedly related to Duggar. Kalmer initially tagged the files and allegedly traced them to Duggar’s IP address on a computer at the dealer where he was working at the time.
Duggar’s defense team then asked the government to hand over all findings related to the screenshots, all reports by Carlmer and two other officials, and more information.
The government provided some relevant log files, but pointed out that the requested materials related to the other two officials were “unrelated” to Duggar’s case and could not be found.
According to them, the screenshots were only provided for the first time, “just to let the defense know that other officials who have nothing to do with this prosecution have already downloaded them. [child sex abuse material] From the target IP. “
On July 26, the defense filed a formal motion, accusing the prosecutor of concealing evidence that “Duggar is legally and constitutionally entitled.”
In its response submitted on August 9th, the prosecutor said that Dag’s case was “straightforward” and counterattacked. The prosecution also accused the defense of starting a “fishing expedition” to obtain evidence that is irrelevant or non-existent.
“[The defendant’s] The motion is nothing more than a request for an unallowed fishing expedition to obtain evidence that does not exist, is irrelevant to his defense, or has been provided,” the prosecutor wrote in the document, according to the people. “Therefore, the defendant’s motion should be rejected .”
According to court documents seen by the media, a hearing on the matter was held on Friday, but a ruling has not yet been made.
Dag’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
Dag is Arrested In April, just a few days after he and his wife Anna Duggar announced that they would welcome their seventh child. He was held in a prison in Washington County, Arkansas, but was released on May 6.
He currently lives with third-party guardians Lacount and Maria Reber, close family friends of Duggars, awaiting trial on November 30.
Duggar’s trial was originally scheduled for July 6, but the defendant moved to extend the case. If convicted of these two crimes, he will face up to 40 years in prison and a fine of up to 500,000 U.S. dollars.
“19 Children and Counting” alum Josh Duggar will not appear in “Jill & Jessa: Counting On”. He took a group photo at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa on August 9, 2014.
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