From the moment that Josh Duggar was arrested on child pornography charges last year, fans and critics alike wondered how he could have gotten away with such revolting behavior.
Under the ever-watchful eye of his long suffering wife, Anna, and anyo…
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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Earlier this month, Jeremiah Duggar confirmed that he’s engaged to Hannah Wissmann.
The announcement came less than two months after the world learned that Jeremiah and Hannah had begun a courtship.
Of course, Duggar relationships have always mov…
Josh Duggar‘s legal defense team has filed documents requesting a judgment of acquittal or a new trial in the weeks following his conviction on two child pornography charges. Of course, the former 19 Kids & Counting star was convicted in a federal courthouse in Arkansas last month on two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography. And […]
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Josh Duggar wants to have his day in court.
Again.
The former TLC reality star, who was convicted on multiple child sex abuse charges last month, has officially filed his appeal.
According to paperwork filed this week, Duggar has requested a ne…
When Josh Duggar was convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography in December, father Jim Bob likely hoped that the scandalous headlines surrounding his children’s misdeeds would begin to subside.
Unfortunately for Jim Bob, that hasn’t b…
Thankfully, justice was served in the Josh Duggar child pornography trial, and the serial predator is finally behind bars.
These days, Josh’s victims might be able to breathe a little easier knowing that he’ll be locked away for a very long time.
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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.
Josh Duggar has not given up hope.
Not just yet, at least.
On Wednesday, Duggar’s lead attorney, Justin Gelfand, was granted a motion that asked for “additional time to rile post-trial motions.”
Gelfand is the same lawyer who vowed to appeal hi…
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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Jana Duggar has reached a conclusion in her child endangerment case. According to documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight from the Chief Court Clerk at Arkansas’ Elm Springs District Court, the eldest 19 Kids and Counting daughter settled her highly-publicized legal matter outside of court last month. She pleaded guilty to the charges on December 15, […]
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Will she? Won’t she?
And also: What the heck is she thinking these days?!?
Amid Anna Duggar’s ongoing silence in the wake of her husband’s conviction on child sex abuse charges, various anonymous sources continue to try and fill the void.
In so…
