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Divorce Josh Duggar, fans beg pregnant Anna Duggar after child pornography charges: 'He's a threat to your kids'

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted

Former reality TV star Joshua Duggar was arrested on federal charges related to the possession of child pornography. Following the news of Josh's arrest, fans are offering "support" for his wife, Anna.

Duggar faces two charges — one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted. He entered a not guilty plea at a court in Arkansas on Friday, April 30.

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A judge ruled that Duggar will be barred from living with his wife and children at his family home in Arkansas if he is released on bail while awaiting trial. Duggar lives with wife Anna and their six children, the eldest of whom is just 11 years old. Anna is reportedly pregnant with their seventh child. On Twitter, fans have been urging Anna to leave him.

“Please Anna, I'm begging you. Now is your chance to save yourself and your kids and divorce Him. No religion approves of what he did/is doing. He's a threat to your kids and you can be in trouble too for putting them in danger. Please Anna, you deserve a true Christian man,” wrote a Twitter user.

“Anna should’ve just divorced her gross creeper husband years ago and should definitely divorce him now that the feds arrested him. Josh Duggar is so nasty,” said a Twitter user. Another said, “My heart breaks for those poor 7 kids. Now is the time to flee. According to the Bible, you have every right to divorce and remarry because of Josh's past. Single parent to 7 kids is gonna be tough.” One Twitter user said, “@Anna_Duggar just divorce him. No one is going to judge you at all. Protect your kids.”

From 2008 to 2015, Duggar and his siblings were part of ‘19 Kids and Counting’, a reality show following the Duggars, a large Arkansas conservative Christian household. He is the oldest child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. He is 33 years old.

In 2015, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar confirmed publicly that Josh had molested multiple young girls ― he had “improperly touched some of our daughters.” Two of those daughters, Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard, self-identified as their older brother's victims. Jessa Seewald, however, said that charges that her brother was a pedophile or child molester were “so overboard and a lie.”

Earlier the same year, Josh Duggar apologized for his teenage “wrongdoing” after In Touch Weekly, a celebrity gossip magazine, published a 2006 police report that said he had molested several young girls. Duggar also resigned from his high-profile job with the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council in Washington.

Josh's sister Jill told The Sun that she and her husband Derick are "very sad" and "hope justice is done." Jill said, "We’re very sad about the whole thing, it’s horrible. It’s all very sad. Josh’s wife Anna is pregnant with their seventh child, I cannot imagine how she is feeling."

Derick said, "Obviously if there is anything there related to child pornography, we hope that justice is done. I don’t think anybody supports child pornography. We’re sad for Anna, put yourself in her situation and imagine how you would feel if that happened with your family member. I imagine it would be really hard."