Josh Duggar Released From Jail, Will Live With Friends of Jim Bob's Until Trial - Counting On
Channel: The Famous Room
Date: 2021-05-08

It's been one week since Josh Duggar was arrested on child pornography charges, and the disgraced reality star spent most of that time behind bars.    But at a bail hearing held on Wednesday, Duggar was released pending a trial.    Thankfully, he was not allowed to return to the home he shares with his pregnant wife and six children.  Instead, Josh was released to the home of Lacount and Maria Reber.    The couple is described in court documents as "close friends" of his famous family's.  Not surprisingly, the couple first became acquainted with the Duggars when they met Josh's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, at church.  Judge Christy Comstock  is presiding over Josh's case.    The judge explained the decision to have him released to a third party during Wednesday's hearing.    “I will tell you that your own children, and your siblings, children and your [minor] brothers and sisters," Judge Comstock explained to Josh.  The judge continued: "they’re all part of the larger society that the court must consider in protecting from you."  “I cannot in good conscience, send you home.”    Tha"