(ForEveryMom) A judge ruled Wednesday that Josh Duggar will be released from jail as he awaits the trial of his felony child pornography case.
The former19 Kids and Counting star was arrested on April 29, on charges of receiving and possessing material depicting the sexual abuse of children. He faces up to 20 years in prison for each, and has pleaded not guilty.
During a hearing Wednesday held via Zoom, U.S. District Judge Christy Comstock granted the 33-year-old’s release, effective Thursday, but not without caution. Judge Comstock said that the nature of Duggar’s crime “concerns the court,” referencing his past offenses of molesting five young girls, including some of his sisters when he was a minor teen in 2002 and 2003.