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Oldest Duggar Child: Porn and cheating

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PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange · 20/08/2015 23:03

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/josh-duggars-parents-jim-bob-6289385?ICID=FB_mirror_main

Aibu to not be surprised by this.

I don't blame anyone because ultimately it's Josh's fault.

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Atomik · 21/08/2015 11:19

His wife is likely from the same family background as him

She is. Part of a circle where the Duggars were Rock Stars. So he'd have been something of a catch from her parents' persepctive.

But now ..... he is a huge liability.

His income stream has been smashed to smithereens. There might be a question mark over the extent to which his parents will continue to support him in the style to which he is accustomed if over time they come to blame him for killing the original golden goose/any future Redemption Tours. His status in quiverful circles must have dropped very significantly.

So Prince Charming has turned into a particularly slimey frog once kissed.

I hope the above takes huge bites out of the family/freinds/peer pressure she'll be under to stay with him no matter what. The fact that she could make a mint out of exclusive post-Duggar interviews and a tell all book might be too attractive a carrot for those who could normally be relied upon to Jesus-Arm-Twist her into staying.

Grabbing a chance to make her into a rising star you have control over could prove more attractive than sweeping up the fall out left by his broken and deeply tarnished star.

Not least cos if you've been the "poor relation" the chance to overtake economically, ststus-wise AND put the boot in can be irresistable.

I don't hold put much hope that anybody would offer Anna a supported way put or her own sake. But the above might turn the odds in her favour of not being guilted, shamed, blamed and bible bashed into sucking up every bowl of shit her huband lobs her way, for the rest of her life.

howtorebuild · 21/08/2015 11:30

Anna's dad gave up paid work to go around prisons and praise the Lord with in mates. He isn't the sort to help Anna have a post divorcee media career. Now her brother in law, he may be just the ticket. David Waller is high up in the church. There are also the escaped cult siblings.

differentnameforthis · 21/08/2015 11:39

Indecent images of child sexual abuse, not porn.

sleepyhead · 21/08/2015 11:46

The Duggar's tv programme has apparently been cancelled on the back of all these "revelations" which must put a massive dent in their income stream.

I doubt the poor woman will be looking for a divorce sadly. I don't imagine she would get any support from her family or community if she did.

Gruntfuttock · 21/08/2015 11:47

differentnameforthis please read the thread. The OP has said that the title should have been "Oldest Duggar child:- Porn and cheating" it was nothing to do with "Indecent images of child sexual abuse" at all.

Notbychance · 21/08/2015 11:59

www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/anna-duggar-absorb-blame-cheating-hubby-report-article-1.2332918
I now it is a gossip column but I can believe this-it's exactly what I thought would be said Anna Duggar will absorb some of the blame and this quote "Maybe not publicly, ever, but privately, there will be some suggestion of whether or not she should have been more aware of the pressures Josh was under, of the issues he was facing, and how she could have better counseled him or helped him,"
I can truly truly believe that is what is going on behind the scenes, I feel very sad for her, she has never ever been exposed to the idea that she has options. You almost need a cult rescue squad to dive in grab her and the kids and just show her there is this whole world out there and she deserves a piece of it.
She has just had a baby- I can't think of anyone being in a more vulnerable state as the global media reveals her husband is a rat, but what is the betting they aren't even letting her see any form of media.

differentnameforthis · 21/08/2015 12:00

Gruntfuttock I did read the thread, she said it was misleading, not wrong.

Andro · 21/08/2015 13:07

paulapompom - statute of limitations has expired, that can nolonger charge him.

Andro · 21/08/2015 13:08

They, not that.

DoJo · 21/08/2015 13:26

Now the title has been changed, but with the added punctuation in the wrong place! Will report this post of mine to see if the confusion can be cleared up...

howtorebuild · 21/08/2015 13:28

The : should be after child not before.

goblinrock · 21/08/2015 13:32

He is seedy- the whole family is fucked up.

His mother Michelle insists that a happy marriage is based on being available for your husband for sex at all times- even if you don't want it.
No doubt Josh's wife will have to bear some of the blame.

Josh's mother campaigns against gay rights, fearful that her children will be molested by homosexuals.

They deserve the shit that is flying their way.

paulapompom · 21/08/2015 21:20

Thank you Andro, I have been totally unaware of these people. Seem very toxic.

PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange · 22/08/2015 19:28

Sorry I flounced but ds cut my internet wire and been off line.

I think the media/TV series messed this family up.

I loved the 16 kids and counting but as the popularity of the show took off so did the house and clothes ect.

Perhaps it was the strict upbringing and when finally allowed to be on their own then they he went off the rails.

If true about abusing his sisters, then I wonder what actually goes on when the cameras are off them.

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kali110 · 22/08/2015 19:41

The abuse was true. He's admitted it but his parents only admitted it when they knew that the statue of limitations had ran out so he wouldn't be charged.
They are disgusting. They should have all the kids taken off them.

PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange · 23/08/2015 16:32

If the parents have admitted abuse then where are the police and why haven't any one been charged.

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howtorebuild · 23/08/2015 16:35

The parents were friends with an incarcerated child abuser, formerly a police officer who burried it.

HermioneWeasley · 23/08/2015 18:24

piper astonishingly the state they are in has a time limit on bringing child abuse charges, and his crimes are now out of time. He cannot be prosecuted.

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