TLCs Toby Willis pleads guilty to child rape
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Former TLC reality star Toby Willis, of the Willis Clan fame, was sentenced to 40 years on Tuesday after pleading guilty to four counts of child rape
The 46-year-old Tennessee musician and married father-of-12 was handed two 25-year prison terms on two of the charges, and two 40-year terms on the remaining two Those sentences will run concurrently, meaning that Willis will spend a total of 40 years behind bars
Willis has been in the Cheatham County Jail since September 2016, when he was arrested for the rape of a young girl between the ages of 9 and 12 that had occurred 12 years ago
Guilty: Former TLC star Toby Willis, 46, has pleaded guilty to four counts of child rape and was sentenced on Tuesday to a total of 40 years in prison
Singing family: Willis, his wife and their 12 children got their first taste of fame when they reached the quarterfinals in season nine in Americas Got Talent in 2014
Tobys wife Brenda and the Willis family on Tuesday released a statement through their attorney thanking their fans and friends for their love and support, reported The Tennessean
Although the criminal case has concluded with Toby Willis receiving 40 years for the crimes he committed, the impact on the victims will remain much longer, the statement read, in part
The investigation into Toby Willis began in August 2016 after a family member reported the rape allegations to police
Tobys wife Brenda and the Willis family on Tuesday released a statement through their attorney thanking their fans and friends for their love and support, and expressing sympathy for his victims
Willis was arrested On September 9, 2016, in Greenville, Kentucky, after allegedly trying to flee police in Tennessee Detectives said he had been hitchhiking through the state to evade them
During his arraignment in March, Willis denied the four charges of child rape His guilty pleas on Tuesday came a week before he was scheduled to go to trial
Willis, his wife and their 12 children got their first taste of fame when they reached the quarterfinals in season nine in Americas Got Talent in 2014
The Willis Family aired for two seasons on TLC before being canceled in April 2016 due to poor ratings
Producers said they had conducted extensive background checks on all of the family and were shocked by the news
Following the fathers arrest in September, network officials removed all reference to the family from its website
Short-lived show: The Willis Family aired for two seasons on TLC before being canceled in April 2016 due to poor ratings
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