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Amy Duggar King hopes her cousin, Josh Duggar, is thing but comfortable during his 12½-year situation sentence.
The disgraced reality tv prima was convicted connected kid pornography charges successful 2021. The "19 Kids and Counting" alum was primitively fixed a merchandise day of Aug. 12, 2032, but successful March 2023, Duggar's records showed his release day was pushed to Oct. 2, 2032.
In an question and reply pinch People, Amy said, "I dream each time location is absolute torture for him. I really dream that because what he watched and what he was viewing for his ain fulfillment is those kids experiencing torture.
Josh Duggar's cousin, Amy Duggar, hopes he experiences "torture" during his situation sentence. (Getty Images/Amy Duggar Instagram)
"He deserves each 2nd successful there, and I dream he gets a longer term. I dream he messes up again," added Amy, who has 1 son.
JOSH DUGGAR SEEN SMILING IN MUGSHOT PHOTO AFTER RECEIVING GUILTY VERDICT IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL
Duggar appeared alongside his father, mother, 9 brothers and 9 sisters connected nan TLC reality bid "19 Kids and Counting," from 2008 to 2015.
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Allegations against Duggar day to 2006, erstwhile authorities received a extremity from a family friend that accused him of molesting 4 of his sisters and a babysitter years earlier. However, nan investigation ended aft it was wished nan statute of limitations had passed connected immoderate imaginable charges.
The allegations reemerged successful 2015, starring to nan cancellation of "19 Kids and Counting." Duggar later apologized for marital infidelity and a pornography addiction and sought treatment.
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Josh Duggar was sentenced to astir 13 years successful situation connected kid pornography charges. (Washington County Detention Center via AP, File)
"I person not spoken to him, and I will not. I will not," Amy told nan outlet. "When you conscionable transverse those evil lines for illustration that, location is nary coming back. I conscionable deliberation there's nary coming back."
Josh shares 7 children pinch his wife, Anna Duggar, who Amy besides has not contacted since Duggar's situation condemnation began. Amy told People she saw Anna astatine a ceremonial successful 2023, and nan brace exchanged a fewer words.
"That was nan past time. I wasn't really expecting to spot anyone there, and I was shocked to spot her. I conscionable looked astatine her and I said, 'Anna,' and she was like, 'I conscionable request space.' That's each she said to me," Amy said.
Josh Duggar and Anna Duggar stock 7 children. (Kris Connor/Getty Images)
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"I understand. I can't speak for Anna, and I'm not going to try. But I can't ideate what she has to woody pinch internally, fto unsocial retired for nan world to see. It's heartbreaking successful each direction, and I conscionable respected nan truth that she needed abstraction and I didn't effort to push immoderate further."
Amy said she "wanted to opportunity a full lot" but understood a ceremonial work was not nan clip aliases place.
Josh Duggar appeared connected TLC's "19 Kids and Counting." (Kris Connor/Getty Images)
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"It was a ceremony, a viewing actually, astatine a funeral. And, yeah, it wasn't nan correct timing. And I didn't want to make [a] scene. And I didn't want to do that aliases tie attraction to thing and intelligibly respect her, truthful I didn't.
"But if you inquire me, I deliberation she is mad. I do. I deliberation she's conscionable really, really mad."
Janelle Ash is an intermezo writer for Fox News Digital.
