In the months since Josh Duggar was convicted on child pornography charges, there’s been much speculation about the fate of his wife, Anna.
While she’s been denigrated by some as an enabler, most view Anna as one of Josh’s victims, and even the Dug…
Anna Duggar has seven kids.
She also has an untold number of in-laws.
And yet: In many ways, Anna Duggar is all alone.
This likely explains why she married husband Josh in the first place, but that analysis can wait for another time.
At t…
Ugh. Gross. We’d heard Anna Duggar was still firmly in husband Josh Duggar‘s corner despite his conviction on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography — there were reports she was visiting him regularly in jail — but she’d stayed pretty mum about the whole thing. But now, weeks later, here she is confirming it […]
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As we’ve discussed many times in the past, shady real estate deals are just a part of the daily routine in the Duggar family.
They’re not as crucial to the Duggar way of life as, say, misogyny, or dress codes, or courtship rules, but they still com…
Josh Duggar‘s wife Anna Duggar has resurfaced. The 33-year-old wife and mother was spotted in several shots of a Duggar family Christmas video posted to YouTube earlier this week, marking the first time she’s been spotted on social media by online sleuths following Josh’s conviction late last year on charges of possessing and receiving child pornography. Related: […]
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Anna Duggar has broken her silence.
In sort of shuddering fashion.
The mother of seven shared a message on her official Instagram page on Thursday night, speaking out for the first time since welcoming daughter Madyson into the world in November….
Throughout Josh Duggar’s trial on child pornography charges, there were rumors of an intense feud within the disgraced predator’s inner circle.
Many who watched the situation closely were convinced that Josh’s wife, Anna Duggar, was at odds with hi…
Ever since Josh Duggar was convicted late last year, Anna Duggar has been paying a pretty penny to talk to him in jail.
On social media, on the other hand, she has been radio silent for some time.
Avoiding obvious and well-deserved backlash for her continuing support of her disgusting husband, Anna hasn’t even updated her bio.
Now, however, she has resurfaced, and the world is taking notice.
When Josh was first arrested, many members of his extended family made vague posts about “justice” … or worse.
Others simply fled social media altogether, posting sporadically and interacting minimally if at all with fans.
Anna was in the latter category, particularly as numerous reports grimly confirmed her unwavering support for the sexual predator.
Anna has continued to be quiet on social media following Josh’s well-deserved conviction.
While she is now effectively a single mom raising seven children, parenting hasn’t been the only thing keeping her offline.
But not even fear of fully justified reproach from internet strangers could keep her off of Instagram a few days ago.
Anna’s sister, Priscilla, gave birth on January 19.
“Introducing our precious blessing, Deborah Joy Waller,” Priscilla and her husband’s creepy joint-Instagram-account captioned.
“She was born at 2:46am, on Jan. 19, 2022 Weighing 7lbs, 5oz and 20.5″ long,” the caption detailed.
The couple of course plugged their website to attempt to lure followers in to view more photos.
“Congratulations!” Anna commented under her sister and brother-in-law’s post.
She accompanied that with a heart emoji.
Jill Duggar also commented, writing: “Congrats guys!”
Anna of course had to know that people would notice, which is likely why she kept her comment so brief.
She must have weighed the pros and cons of commenting versus remaining silent about her niece’s birth, and opted with the former.
Anna isn’t hated for marrying Josh, not really, even though he had already committed sex crimes.
While she certainly knew that he had done something terrible, in a family that lies as easily as breathing, she was certainly misled.
We have all witnessed Jim Bob — and, under his instructions, some of his adult children — deliberately understate Josh’s crimes.
Anna was also only 20 years old when she married Josh.
That is extremely, profoundly young for a Millennial to marry someone.
She married him before she was even old enough to drink (not that she would anyway) because they were both part of the same cult.
And that brings us to the next topic of note, which is … the whole cult thing.
We’re talking about people doomed from birth to a life of brainwashing in their cult-approved homeschool educations.
Anna never had real choices growing up or got to be her own person. She was treated as property and handed over to become Josh’s.
However, Anna is an adult. Even if she never had a shot at having a life of freedom or choices, she can make some decisions now.
For herself and, more imperatively, for her seven children, she could leave the cult, do interviews and publish tell-all books, and support her family.
People are angry at and condemn Anna for supporting a monster like Josh, so yes, until she makes better decisions, she’s going to hear about it online.
One of the most disturbing aspects of the Josh Duggar sex crimes is the fact that the 33-year-old predator did not act alone.
For years, friends and family members turned a blind eye to Josh’s depravity, sometimes for his own sake, and sometimes o…
Well, this just got a little more gross. Throughout his child porn trial, we heard a lot about Josh Duggar‘s office and work computer. But hearing about it and seeing it are two very different experiences. On Tuesday DailyMail.com published evidence photos taken of the Wholesale Motorcars location where the 19 Kids and Counting alum worked, […]
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If you know anything about the Duggar family, then you’re probably aware that Jim Bob and company have some very strange ideas about relationships and marriage.
The sample size is small, but since the first Duggar kid to get married has committed m…
Josh Duggar is all alone these days.
Physically, that is.
The convicted sex offender was taken into custody last month immediately after a jury found him guilty of downloading explicit photos and videos of kids under the age of 12… and was then…
Even after the detention center holding Josh Duggar banned her from visiting, Anna won’t stop calling Josh.
Josh was convicted in early December of 2021, and is being held in jail until he can be sentenced.
Anna has two options to contact her depraved husband: email, and video calls.
Neither of these services are free, and Anna can easily run up a hefty tab in the name of honoring her husband.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to worsen, Anna can call or email Josh … for a price.
Video calls with an inmate cost $0.25 per minute.
A single email sent to Josh while he remains in detention costs an outrageous $5.
Apparently, it is not unusual for local jails — like the one where Josh is being held — to jack up prices beyond what prisons charge.
Relatively short phone conversations have been documented to, in some cases, cost as much as $25.
A lot about Anna and her family’s financial future remains unclear, but even just a few dollars worth of conversation a day can add up over time.
It’s weird to think about paying to talk to Josh.
Few would want to be forced to speak to the disgusting man, especially after his conviction.
Clearly, Anna feels differently.
Does Anna think that Josh is really, truly innocent of the crimes for which he was convicted?
We see this question asked a lot with varying degrees of horror.
However, from Anna’s perspective as a person raised and indoctrinated within a toxic cult, the question may miss the point.
“Does Anna think” may be the wrong question.
In her mind, according to how she was raised, thinking is not really her job.
Anna’s cult upbringing expects her to do many things, but making decisions is not really one of them.
Her duties are to serve her husband, her God, and her church.
That means that Anna is expected to produce a brood of children and help her husband indoctrinate them into their cult’s extreme beliefs.
It also means that she is expected to remain loyal and obedient to Josh, even while he remains behind bars.
IBLP actually has guidelines on how wives are expected to behave when their sexual predator husbands go to prison.
It involves visiting them in prison, helping to reinforce their religious beliefs during their incarceration, and worst of all, bringing their children to visit them.
While fortunately Anna cannot (and hopefully, will never be permitted to) bring her seven children to see Josh in prison, she will likely stick to the rest.
But even beyond Anna’s total lack of autonomy as a living incubator and a piece of property in the eyes of the Duggars and the cult, Josh’s guilt is moot.
For them, we mean.
Why? Because their belief system simultaneously condemns almost the entire world for simple freedoms and choices, but also believes that all problems within the cult can be forgiven.
From the perspective of the cult, Josh’s incarceration is an inconvenience imposed by the state.
Morally, they believe, at least in theory, that he suffers from a spiritual affliction — an attack by the devil himself — that can be resolved with prayer.
Just like like Josh abased himself and prayed after molesting five young girls and then again when he was caught cheating, he can essentially pray hard enough to hit a reset button.
That is not how sexual predation works, but we’re talking about the theology of hardcore fundamentalists.
There is nothing that we can say to convince them, but some within the cult seem to believe that incarceration is the right thing for Josh.
Anna, on the other hand, seems to genuinely believe that this is all an elaborate frame job. That does not bode well for her children.
Perhaps the most important takeaway from this is not about Anna’s senseless, destructive devotion to Josh.
Why is our penal system so intent upon generating revenue by exacting vicious, unjustifiable tolls upon people — including innocent people who just want to talk to incarcerated loved ones?
Even if we pretended that everyone behind bars is as guilty as Josh (which is not remotely the case), how can anyone justify demanding this kind of money from free citizens?
In the weeks since Josh Duggar was convicted of possessing and receiving child pornography, his wife, Anna Duggar, has kept a very low profile.
This comes as no surprise, of course.
For one thing, many critics see Anna as complicit in Josh’s crim…
Last year, we shared how disgraced former reality star Josh Duggar was still receiving visits from Anna.
His conviction for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material should have driven her to divorce Josh.
The jail where Josh is being held has banned in-person visitation in light of the still-worsening pandemic.
That has not slowed Anna down, as she continues to contact him multiple times per day.
Most of us do not want to look at, speak to, or otherwise lend any comfort whatsoever to someone who gets off to the sexual abuse of little girls.
Josh followed up his teenage molestation crimes by seeking out photos and video of even more depraved and ruinous sex crimes.
Anna Duggar was raised in the same cult that enabled Josh the first time. She can no longer enable him, but she refuses to abandon him.
Josh could be facing a potential sentence of as long as 20 years behind bars.
Unfortunately, he is more likely to serve only a decade in prison — if that — when he is sentenced in the coming months.
Anna is making sure that these moments in jail are as easy as possible, contacting him via video calls and email.
Anna will not be permitted to see Josh in person until he appears in court for sentencing.
That hearing, expected to go down in April, has not been formally scheduled.
It is possible that it could be further delayed, depending upon factors like the pandemic.
Previously, visitors at Josh’s detention center were able to stop by in person.
With COVID-19 worsening, those visits are now prohibited.
The electronic communication is referred to as remote video visitation, and Anna is making constant use of the function.
This is not an inexpensive undertaking, and we are not just speaking about Anna’s time as a now-single mom of seven children.
Our nation’s prison system notoriously siphons money from the families of the incarcerated by making them pay to contact their loved ones.
Not even the pandemic has changed this, with these remote video conversations costing $0.25 per minute.
A 30-minute conversation between Anna and Josh costs $7.50, and that is just for one mid-length call.
Unlike many families of the incarcerated, the Duggars are relatively loaded and can afford it.
While there are a lot of questions about Anna and her financial future, a few dozen dollars a week on prison phone calls are probably within her budget.
Reports say that Josh has been in protective custody — that is, solitary confinement — since he was hauled off to jail about a month ago.
The reason is that he is both famous and his crimes relate to the horrific sexual abuse of children.
The odds of him becoming a target from fellow inmates were high, and the bureau of prisons didn’t want him shivved before sentencing.
Most people in Anna’s shoes would have declined to marry him when they learned that he was already such a prolific sexual predator.
In the cult to which Anna’s and Josh’s families belong, however, all sexual “indiscretions” are more or less regarded as equal.
Bizarrely, Josh molesting five little girls was seen as comparable to masturbation — strictly banned, but curable with public shaming and intense prayer.
It appears that all of the scandals over the years have only caused Anna to double down on her commitment to Josh.
At this point, it looks like even IBLP’s unhinged guidelines would allow Anna to divorce Josh, as “sexual immorality” is their only exception to the ban on divorce.
But Anna seems committed to Josh to the point of lunacy. Many pity her for a lifetime of brainwashing. Others are more concerned about her seven children.
Even after Josh Duggar‘s conviction early last month for receiving and possessing child pornography, his wife is proving that she’s still committed to him regardless of his likely long future in prison. The 33-year-old disgraced reality TV star is currently at the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas awaiting sentencing following his December 9 child porn […]
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