Josh Duggar has spent the final a number of months in jail after being discovered responsible on counts of receiving and possessing little one pornography. He was sentenced to 151 months in jail. He’s interesting, however whereas Duggar has been incarcerated, there was extra scrutiny on the previous 19 Children and Counting star’s previous conduct earlier than federal brokers confirmed as much as arrest him in 2021. There’s been extra scrutiny on his well-known father Jim Bob Duggar’s alleged actions, as properly.
Followers of the fact sequence will bear in mind a scandal from years prior, wherein In Contact outed a report indicating {that a} youthful Josh Duggar had molested some younger ladies, together with a number of of his sisters. The incident had been dealt with privately and the report had been sealed, however was capable of be accessed by way of a Freedom of Data Act request. Duggar had filed a lawsuit over the general public molestation reveal, however he misplaced it and subsequent appeals.
In the meantime, 19 Children and Counting was canceled and life moved on. Josh married his spouse Anna and that they had youngsters (7 to this point). A number of of his relations joined the forged of Counting On –which aired on TLC, the identical community because the household’s former actuality present. Josh acquired a job working for the Household Analysis council, however later switched to promoting automobiles after an alleged Ashley Madison dishonest scandal got here to gentle. Within the bigger household narrative, Jim Bob and Michelle nonetheless allegedly managed quite a lot of issues behind the scenes, with the well-known patriarch reportedly taking the lion’s share of the cash created from actuality TV.
On prime of this, a brand new report from With out A Crystal Ball signifies that early within the historical past of Josh Duggar’s reported points, his mother and father have been conscious of what was happening and crafted narratives to clarify his conduct. In response to what an insider informed Katie Pleasure, Jim Bob reportedly threw his spouse Michelle underneath the bus over the difficulty.
In 2006, Michelle had informed her pals the explanation Josh was the way in which he was is as a result of when he was eight years outdated [sic] he discovered a field of males’s magazines. And that was why he did what he did. Nicely, Michelle’s story didn’t match what Jim Bob’s story was. So, as soon as Jim Bob began speaking to his pals, this buddy informed me that he truly began blaming Michelle. He informed a bunch of the individuals at church that Michelle was promiscuous in highschool and since she was promiscuous in highschool, and since she would typically self please herself, Josh inherited her tendencies.
If true, that’s fairly the accusation, although it’s value noting that is all secondhand data from unnamed sources. Regardless, YouTuber Katie Pleasure mentioned she spoke to insiders who had contact with people in each Michelle Duggar and Jim Bob’s camps and so they have been allegedly talking a couple of time period wherein Josh Duggar had his head shaved (he was seen along with his head shaved in TV specials, so that is confirmed) and was dwelling away from the principle dwelling (allegedly) whereas his household discovered what to do about his tendencies.
Individually, Katie Pleasure additionally famous an insider shared Jim Bob reportedly went out of his technique to hold the blame for Josh’s behaviors on “exterior circumstances.” She additionally mentioned:
He was saying that Michelle’s sin and issues with premarital promiscuity and pleasuring herself in her teen years was the explanation for why Josh did what he did to his sisters. He additionally mentioned at one level that he grew to become like his father or inherited issues from his father, however he wouldn’t specify what his father did. Jim Bob would principally level the finger at anybody else.
Jim Bob and Michelle haven’t publicly spoken out about Josh a lot since his arrest, trial and supreme imprisonment. When the decision got here down, the Duggar mother and father did break their silence and write “your entire ordeal has been very grievous” and that they have been “praying for Joshua,” although they didn’t go as far as to agree with the courtroom’s resolution as among the different Duggar relations did. Jim Bob had additionally been seen within the courtroom through the trial, whereas Michelle had requested for “leniency” forward of sentencing.
