@@@ TMZ: Josh Duggar arrested by Feds

[lea]

TW @@@@@



Not much info yet.

www.tmz.com/2021/04/29/josh-duggar-arrested-in-arkansas-feds/

ETA: reports in that it is for possession of child porn.

[spindle92]

That smirk on his face - I just want to punch him.

[suzubell]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[NewOrleans]

I wish there was justice for the ways he harmed his sisters.

[icedcoffee]

That’s too bad. LOL

He is literally the scum of the earth.

[icedcoffee]

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Apparently he and Anna had just announced their seventh pregnancy. Like what the actual fuck. Those poor children. And even Anna who is brainwashed beyond belief.

[pugz]

Impatiently waiting for more details.

Jill and her husband are estranged from her parents and she wears pants and has a nose piercing and does other "secular" things now. Still a conservative Christian but like a normal one, not an uber fundie.

also rumors are that Jana is courting, finally.

[icedcoffee]

Some of the stories out of the Duggar house are appalling, but imagine the stories we don’t know. It’s probably really horrible.

[pugz]

icedcoffee oh it is for sure horrible. I was recently listening to a podcast from some folks that grew up in the same religious cult.

[klee23]

Re: Anna & brainwashing


TW & @

This is his (seemingly) 3rd MAJOR screw up between the molestation and Ashley Madison infidelity. The thought process she/the Duggars possess that she not only remains married to him but continues to create more children with him (3 in the interim!)- I just do not comprehend.

[maudefindlay]

Apr 29, 2021 16:02:53 GMT -5 pugz said:

Impatiently waiting for more details.

Jill and her husband are estranged from her parents and she wears pants and has a nose piercing and does other "secular" things now. Still a conservative Christian but like a normal one, not an uber fundie.

also rumors are that Jana is courting, finally.

Jill's accountant husband has stated or alluded that Jim Bob withheld earnings from other cast members. Ol' Jim Bob is not so virtuous.

[wambam]

I hope very much that his children were never in danger.

But I think this man is a sexual predator and this arrest is probably related to him being a sexual predator. 😕

[penguingrrl]

Apr 29, 2021 17:05:49 GMT -5 wambam said:

I hope very much that his children were never in danger.

But I think this man is a sexual predator and this arrest is probably related to him being a sexual predator. 😕

I’ve been assuming the same since reading it. There’s no way this isn’t related to being a sexual predator. I truly hope no children have been actively harmed by him, but I suspect that is what will come out. Disgusting.

[Jalapeñomel]

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I hope he is locked away so he’ll never have access to children again.

[mcsangel2]

It's related to the raid that was carried out on his car dealership a year and a half ago. It's the feds, not local LE, so probably something to do with money laundering or fraud. And didn't he used to be a spokesperson for some conservative Christian political think tank?

[carmenere]

Apr 29, 2021 17:31:21 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Nope, it's related to the raid that was carried out on his car dealership a year and a half ago. It's the feds, not local LE, so probably something to do with money laundering or fraud. And didn't he used to be a spokesperson for some conservative Christian political think tank?

Focus on the Family

[al dente]

pugz what's the podcast called? I love religious/cult podcasts. I just started listening to In God We Lust which is about Jerry Falwell Jr.

I really feel for Anna. If she ever did have the thought to leave she must feel so stuck. Just leaving a church can be so difficult for people, nevermind an entire marriage and church and social circle with all of those kids and then no support.

[eddy]

Omgomgomg

off to duggarsnark

this is one of my guilty internet pleasures.  I gotta go read.

[wambam]

Apr 29, 2021 16:08:47 GMT -5 pugz said:

icedcoffee oh it is for sure horrible. I was recently listening to a podcast from some folks that grew up in the same religious cult.

Leaving Eden?

[eddy]

The feds allegedly raided his car dealership in 2019.

Speculation is it could be money laundering, tax evasion or worse @@@@@ child porn. I really hope it isn’t the last one.

[af1212]

Apr 29, 2021 17:56:22 GMT -5 mofongo said:

So wait, people feel for Anna? Was she not complicit in this at all? I have never followed the Duggars, so I really don’t know.

This ties into something I posted awhile ago about when should someone “know better”. She was raised in this cult, homeschooled, married her husband when she was 19, and immediately became @@@

pregnant. 7 kids later, without access to outside world, should she “know better”?

I just don’t know what the right answer is here. Is she a victim or a perpetrator?

[icedcoffee]

Apr 29, 2021 17:56:22 GMT -5 mofongo said:

So wait, people feel for Anna? Was she not complicit in this at all? I have never followed the Duggars, so I really don’t know.

Anna was raised in this cult and is basically totally brainwashed. She’s also only educated in a very basic level. At some point I do think people need to take responsibility for their own actions, but it’s not like she had this normal upbringing and can distinguish what’s normal and not.

Strangely enough she does have a couple siblings who have left and live normal lives. One of her brothers even told her back when the Ashley Madison thing happened that he’d pay for her and the @@ kids to leave Josh and come live with him.

Maybe OP could @@ this whole thread since there is bound to be a lot of @ talked based on the nature of these people. LOL. Just a thought.

[icedcoffee]

Apr 29, 2021 17:20:10 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

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I hope he is locked away so he’ll never have access to children again.

It also may give his sisters a chance to heal. Basically, I think the world would be better off with him behind bars.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Apr 29, 2021 17:56:22 GMT -5 mofongo said:

So wait, people feel for Anna? Was she not complicit in this at all? I have never followed the Duggars, so I really don’t know.

I stopped following them ages ago so there may be info out there that would change my mind, but I feel like she's kind of both complicit and a victim? Like, I don't exactly feel sorry for her, but I also think she genuinely has no where to go if she wanted out.

[scm1011]

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For Anna and the kids sake I truly hope this has nothing to do with being a sexual predator. I'm not optimistic there though. Whether she deserves it or not, I do feel for Anna.

[icedcoffee]

Apr 29, 2021 18:32:19 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Apr 29, 2021 17:56:22 GMT -5 mofongo said:

So wait, people feel for Anna? Was she not complicit in this at all? I have never followed the Duggars, so I really don’t know.

I stopped following them ages ago so there may be info out there that would change my mind, but I feel like she's kind of both complicit and a victim? Like, I don't exactly feel sorry for her, but I also think she genuinely has no where to go if she wanted out.

She’d be set for life if she left and wrote a tell all.

[klee23]

Apr 29, 2021 16:46:29 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

Apr 29, 2021 16:02:53 GMT -5 pugz said:

Impatiently waiting for more details.

Jill and her husband are estranged from her parents and she wears pants and has a nose piercing and does other "secular" things now. Still a conservative Christian but like a normal one, not an uber fundie.

also rumors are that Jana is courting, finally.

Jill's accountant husband has stated or alluded that Jim Bob withheld earnings from other cast members. Ol' Jim Bob is not so virtuous.

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Derick accused JB of taking the paychecks of the minor children and the unmarried daughters (unclear if the adult male children were paid- though the I think it was "Counting On" which was focused on Jill/Jessa at that point and not the other siblings.) I believe Derick HOWEVER I think Derick is his own pile of garbage. He was fired by TLC for unrelenting transphobic attacks on a fellow TLC star (who was a child! at the time) and soon after began bashing JB stating they wouldn't appear because of the financial aspect. 

[maudefindlay]

klee23, thank you for the reminder on Derrick. I forgot his terrible views.

[lea]

Anna could probably get some good cash out of Jim Bob and live fairly comfortably if she played her cards right.

Some members of the family have political aspirations so if the Duggar name is tainted further and this keeps them out of office, good.

I think Derrick and Jill may still hold some awful views but it did seem like Jill was hinting that she might have voted for Biden. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her deconstruct from conservative Christianity completely one day, to be honest, but time will tell.

[af1212]

Apr 29, 2021 18:59:22 GMT -5 klee23 said:

Apr 29, 2021 16:46:29 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

Jill's accountant husband has stated or alluded that Jim Bob withheld earnings from other cast members. Ol' Jim Bob is not so virtuous.

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Derick accused JB of taking the paychecks of the minor children and the unmarried daughters (unclear if the adult male children were paid- though the I think it was "Counting On" which was focused on Jill/Jessa at that point and not the other siblings.) I believe Derick HOWEVER I think Derick is his own pile of garbage. He was fired by TLC for unrelenting transphobic attacks on a fellow TLC star (who was a child! at the time) and soon after began bashing JB stating they wouldn't appear because of the financial aspect. 

Who is Derrick? It’s been years and I can’t remember