JOY-ANNA Duggar shared a sweet video of her son Gideon amid her brother Josh’s child pornography trial.
Former Counting On star Josh, 33, has pleaded not guilty to two child pornography counts, and his trial began this week for charges stemming from his April 2021 arrest.
Joy-Anna completely ignored the controversy on Tuesday, as she filmed her three-year-old – who she shares with husband Austin Forsyth – tucking into takeaway food outside.
She posted a cute clip of Gideon spooning meat and rice into his mouth while sitting on the steps of her wooden porch, with a takeaway carton next to him.
The TLC alum captioned the brief video: “Panda on the porch.”
The reality star is also mom to one-year-old daughter Evelyn.
Many of Joy-Anna’s siblings stayed quiet on social media on Tuesday – the day that Josh’s trial kicked off.
He has been accused of possessing sick images that were “the worst of the worst” that authorities had ever seen.
Homeland Security special agent Gerald Faulkner said in May that downloads made from a specific file were “in the top five of the worst of the worst that I’ve ever had to examine.”
The ex reality star has been on home confinement and has been living with third-party custodians LaCount and Maria Reber, who are longtime friends of his parents Jim Bob and his wife Michelle.
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FIRST DAY OF TRIAL
He was seen arriving at the courthouse on Tuesday with his wife Anna, holding hands as they entered the building.
On Sunday, Jim Bob, 56, repeatedly claimed in court he couldn’t remember the details of Josh’s past admissions that he had touched underage girls, who were called Jane Does 1 to 4, People reported.
In 2015, it emerged that Jim Bob had told police that Josh had confessed to touching minors in the family home between 2002 and 2003.
Josh admitted the molestation in a statement at the time on his Facebook page, however, he never faced charges.
FAMILY WITNESSES
The former reality star’s estranged sister Jill and his brother Jedidiah will also be testifying as witnesses in the trial this week – but it is not known if it’s for the prosecution or the defense.
It has been said that Josh’s trial could last until December 3, and if found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
Amid all of the chaos, his wife Anna welcomed their seventh child, a daughter they named Madyson.
He has had unlimited access to his children with Anna present.
