JOSH Duggar’s pregnant wife Anna and their six children have visited him while he has been on home confinement, as the disgraced reality star awaits his child porn trial in July.
Josh, 33, was arrested and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography in April.
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Jim Bob and Michelle’s troubled son is currently on home confinement and living with third-party custodians LaCount and Maria Reber, who are longtime church friends of the patriarch.
Jason Gemeiner, who lives behind the Reber’s property, exclusively told The Sun: “I believe I saw family visit, yes. I believe his wife and kids visited. I assume that’s who they were. There were also other people.”
Josh has unlimited access to his six children with Anna, 32, as long as she is present.
He is unable to have contact with other minors, including his siblings, nieces and nephews.
Jason previously told the Sun that he is “concerned” with Josh living next door to him.
He said: "I’m a little concerned, but there is not much I can do about it.
“I have a teen daughter so that’s my concern, but she's a strong girl! We’re spread apart. There is a horse pasture in between us. It’s not like we interact. Everyone keeps to themselves.”
Jason continued that the Rebers are “nice people.”
He added: “They told us Josh is staying with them. I found out before they told us but I appreciated them telling us.”
As The Sun reported, Anna, who is expecting her seventh child, is standing by Josh despite the crime.
The source said at the time of his arrest: "Anna is standing by her husband as she always has.
"She even accompanied Josh to Fayetteville so he could turn himself in to authorities.”
Josh and Anna remained a united front even after his many scandals.
In 2015, In Touch Weekly uncovered a 33-page Arkansas police report claiming Jim Bob confessed to local authorities that his eldest son fondled the breasts and genitals of young girls in the Duggar family home.
Following the allegations against him, Josh addressed the claim: "Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret.
"I hurt others, including my family and close friends.”
Josh was never charged with any crime related to the incidents.
His younger sisters Jill, 29, and Jessa, 28, came forward as two of the victims in an interview with Megyn Kelly, where they insisted they had forgiven Josh for his sins.
TLC canceled 19 Kids and Counting, as they returned with Counting On, which continues to air today.
Just three months later, the former TLC star admitted to using adultery dating service Ashley Madison.
He said: "I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the Internet and this has become a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife.”
Then, porn star Danica Dillon, whose real name is Ashley Johnston, claimed he assaulted her during a sexual encounter.
Josh has always denied the alleged assault.
As The Sun previously reported, Josh is residing in a massive mansion in Elkins, Arkansas with the Reber family.
According to Arkansas property records obtained by The Sun, LaCount, 49, and Maria, 53, bought nine acres of land in 2005 for $68,000.
In 2007, the couple built a one-story house on one-acre of the property.
The abode features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The exterior of the home has brick and slab, and the interior has tile and carpeting throughout.
The house also boasts a fireplace and porch.
There is a long gravel driveway that leads from the main road to the home.
The home is an upgrade from his previous living conditions, as he resided on the Duggar family compound in a renovated warehouse with Anna and their six children.
LaCount is a MRI tech with the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
He previously volunteered as a chaplain at the Washington County Jail, where Josh remained for a week.
Maria is a homemaker, and shares a son and daughter with her husband.
Their daughter, Hannah, 22, teaches piano lessons from the family home.
At Josh’s detention hearing earlier this month, parole officer Diem Nguyen said Maria had reservations about Josh living with her family, as they didn't know him well.
Diem explained: "Her concern was she was a woman and Josh was a man and that she felt, she didn’t know how she felt about being alone with him for a long period of time.”
The officer then explained how minors come in and out of the home for piano lessons, but that they are always supervised by an adult.
The family also owns firearms, which also caused concern for the judge.
Josh would stay in an add-on bedroom in the home. The Internet is password protected.
The parole officer said: "Based on his job and he’s a pastor, volunteers, they could be suitable third-party custodians. However, the minors coming into the home and the pistols cause the probation office some concern.”
When Josh’s lawyer spoke, he said they would provide a “suitable residence.”
The judge agreed, however, to remove the firearms from the home and not have the lessons there as well.
On Hannah’s piano Instagram page, she told a follower on Friday: “Currently, I’m doing lessons via Zoom or FaceTime.”
According to conditions of release obtained by The Sun, Josh is restricted to the residence of LaCount and Maria at all times except for employment, education, religious services, medical or mental health treatment, attorney visits, court-ordered obligations, court hearings or other activities approved by a parole officer.
Travel is restricted to Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division unless given approval from the U.S. Probation Office. That includes Benton, Washington and Madison counties.
The Arkansas judge ordered Josh to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
Other terms include maintaining employment, no possession of firearms, no excessive alcohol use, no possession of pornography and more.
The judge said of her decision to release Jim Bob and Michelle’s oldest son: "The court views these charges as very serious. It is a concern to have an agent testify that the file download found on a computer is some of the worst child abuse pornography in 1,000 cases, that concerns the court.
"The victims of your crime, if you committed it, concern the court. Children are involuntary victims of pornography. They’re subject to human trafficking. This weighs against your release into the community.”
She said the molestation scandal that was made public “concerns her,” because of the age of the victims and the children in the videos and photos.
The judge added: "I am concerned images and ages are very close to the ages of your children and nephews and nieces and siblings' children. I don't know if you're a danger.”
Special Agent Gerald Faulkner from Homeland Security was the first to take the stand at the hearing, as he was questioned by the prosecutor.
He said: “In May of 2019, [an Arkansas police officer] identified a computer participating in the known sharing of photos and videos of child pornography.”
He claimed Josh had one two-minute video on his computer of two underage females and a male who performed sexual acts on the children.
Also found were 65 images of an underage female “consistent with child pornography.” The victims were ages 5 to 10.
The Sun previously broke Josh was arrested for the federal charges in Washington County.
The arrest is related to the 2019 Homeland Security raid on Josh's now-closed used car dealership in Springdale, Arkansas.
According to the indictment, Josh “knowingly received child pornography” between or about May 14, 2019 and on or about May 16, 2019.
For the second count, Josh “knowingly possessed material that contained images of child pornography,” including “images of minors under the age of 12.”
If convicted, he could receive 20 years in prison with fines up to $250,000 for each count.
Josh pleaded not guilty to the charges at his arraignment.
He is headed to trial in July 2020.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
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