The woman who attempted to blackmail The DUGGARS and TLC pleaded guilty in Iowa.
Teresa Hunt entered her guilty plea to one count of extortion in federal court in Davenport, Iowa.
Hunt was arrested in February following a dramatic investigation that began after she pitched “incriminating and damning” photos of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s niece Amy and her older mentor, James Garrett to news outlets.
Teresa then reached out to Discovery Communications, parent company of TLC, to pay her $10,000 or cancel the series to keep her from releasing the "shocking photos" of Amy and James, who is 21 years her senior.
She was busted in an FBI sting when an undercover agent contacted Hunt and told her he was a Discovery Communications representative and she told the agent that she had three $3,000 contracts from outlets who were interested in purchasing the pictures.
Hunt emailed the pictures to the agent as proof and then demanded the $10,000 be wired to her bank account or she would release the photos.
“I think that justice has been served,” Amy Duggar exclusively told RadarOnline.com.
“It is a sad situation and it didn’t affect me at all,” she said. “I laughed it off completely because there was no truth to the matter. I’m deeply saddened that she is going to have time in prison and I hope to God she gets her heart healed, whatever is hurting her.
“You can’t get by with things like that trying to extort a huge network.”
