Eldest
Duggar
child
Josh
Duggar
was
born
March
3,
1988.
He
too
became
a
conservative
activist,
campaigning
for
the
Family
Research
Council.
He
stepped
down
after
old
police
records
surfaced
in
2015
revealing
that
he
had
been
accused
of
molesting
several
girls,
including
his
sisters
Jessa
and
Jill,
when
he
was
a
teenager.
Jessa
defended
her
brother
in
a
sit-down
with
Fox
News
that
June,
insisting
that
the
worst
names
people
were
calling
Josh
were “so
overboard
and
a
lie,
really.
I
mean
people
get
mad
at
me
for
saying
that,
but
I
can
say
this
because
I
was
one
of
the
victims.”
His
wife
also
stuck
by
him,
including
after
he
admitted
to
being
unfaithful.
When
he
checked
into
a
treatment
center
in
2016,
his
parents
called
it “a
crucial
first
step
in
recovering
and
healing.”Parents
of
three—daughter
Mackynzie
(Oct.
8,
2009)
and
sons
Michael
(June
15,
2011)
and
Marcus
(June
2,
2013)—when
the
scandal
broke,
Anna
gave
birth
to
their
fourth
child,
Meredith,
on
July
16,
2015,
the
same
day
TLC
canceled
19
Kids.
Their
fifth
child,
son
Mason
Garett,
was
born
Sept.
12,
2017,
daughter
Maryella
Hope
arrived
Nov.
27,
2019
and
baby
No.
7,
Madyson
Lily,
was
born
Oct.
23,
2021.
In
a
federal
indictment
filed
in
April
2021,
Josh
was
charged
with
a
count
apiece
of
receipt
and
possession
of
child
pornography.
He
pleaded
not
guilty
on
both
counts.
In
2022,
Josh
was
found
guilty
and
sentenced
to
12
and
a
half
years
in
prison.
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