Josh Duggar demands new trial as he accuses officers of ‘restraining’ him during child porn interrogation
DALLAS, TEXAS: American convicted sex offender, Josh Duggar, who is currently serving a 151-month sentence in a Dallas, Texas prison, is demanding a new trial and blamed armed officers for 'restraining' him during his interrogation for child pornography. In December 2021, Dugger was found guilty of downloading a vile trove of "the worst of the worst" child porn. The former reality television personality from the TLC series '19 Kids and Counting' claimed in a court filing that in April 2021, he was ambushed by police outside of his business for questioning and insisted he was not allowed to consult his lawyer.
However, the officials insisted that Duggar was not touched and was free to move despite his claims. The documents also revealed that Duggar said that his employer and a registered sex offender, Caleb Williams was the one who committed the child pornography crime. According to the court filing, six police cars and tactical agents waited for Duggar to arrive at his business the day he was interrogated for his crimes in 2021. He alleged he was 'blindsided' by the ambush and was allowed to leave per officers orders.
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"Duggar immediately took out his phone and said he was calling his attorney. [An agent] took the phone from Duggar’s hand, preventing him from calling counsel," the filing reads, according to Daily Mail. But, federal officials responded to Duggar's claims and said, "Duggar was allegedly told he was free to leave." "The Government also contends Duggar was not restrained," the filing continued. "But restraint is about more than being handcuffed. Duggar was placed in a police vehicle with two armed agents. He was told his attorney could not join him after he attempted to call counsel, and he had no access to a vehicle. His lawyers argued that anyone in Duggar's position should have felt 'deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way."
Williams was also blamed for committing the crimes in the court filings that Duggar was charged with. According to his attorneys, Williams was not called to the stand in 2021 because he may have lied about being at the business when the crimes were committed. The filing reads, "Law enforcement failed to investigate Williams and never analyzed Williams' devices the computer could have been accessed remotely the images and videos were 'streamed.'" This suggests that information could've been withheld by Williams.
The reality TV star alleges Williams worked at the business; had familiarity with the computer and its software; engaged in eBay sales and utilized the computer to print labels; sent a text message on May 7, 2019 offering to watch the business that week; spent the night one mile from the company on May 9, 2019; and concealed all metadata on documents provided to the Government in an attempt to establish he was not present, as per the documents.
Williams previously told that the allegations were false and simply a 'PR stunt' for freedom. In 2015, Duggar made headlines when police reports stated that he had molested four of his young sisters when he was 12, as per The Sun. His parents said he had confessed to the fondling and apologized. His fall occurred after jurors learned his self-taught tech skills to scour the dark web for sick videos of little girls being tortured, humiliated, and abused. The videos were reportedly downloaded between May 14 and 16, 2019. A seasoned FBI child exploitation investigator said it was "in the top five of the worst of the worst that I've ever had to examine", after seeing the disturbing warped cache.