Josh Duggar Tried to Seduce Me Once I Was 13 and He Was 20, Reddit Person Says

From the second that Josh Duggar was arrested on child pornography charges again in 2021, media retailers and former followers of the household have been obsessing over the identical two questions:

Did his household find out about his crimes, and if that’s the case, why didn’t they take any motion to cease him?

It now appears nearly unattainable that the household didn’t not less than suspect that Josh was engaged in legal sexual exercise.

We could by no means know why they continued to allow him, however we do know that the end result was catastrophic.

Earlier this week, an nameless Reddit person who claimed to know the Duggars hosted an AMA (“ask me something”) session on the r/DuggarsSnark subreddit.

Reddit confirmed the person’s claims that they had been an informal acquaintance of Josh’s, and that they knew Anna nicely sufficient to be invited to the couple’s marriage ceremony.

Not surprisingly, one of many first questions was in regards to the extent to which Josh has his household fooled.

“Does the household/broader neighborhood truly purchase into the ‘Josh is harmless’ lie?” one person requested.

“He’s a creep and in case you spent 20 min with him you knew it,” the host responded.

“I believe there are a pair siblings who maaaaaybe assume he may very well be harmless however for probably the most half it’s broadly accepted he’s not harmless.”

That revelation follows on the heels of a weird declare by Josh’s legal professionals who alleged of their attraction submitting that Josh was framed by a longtime household buddy named Caleb Williams.

Williams can be a convicted intercourse offender (there appear to be plenty of these within the Duggars’ circle), and the attorneys declare he downloaded the offending supplies whereas doing freelance work in Josh’s workplace.

It’s already been established, nonetheless, that Caleb was in Illinois on the day in query, not Arkansas.

Elsewhere within the thread a unique person claimed that she additionally knew Josh and likewise acquired “creep vibes” after spending time with him “a number of occasions at their home or varied locations.”

This individual went on to allege that Josh behaved flirtatiously towards her when she was simply 13 years previous.

“I knew him casually and may affirm. All through the course of some years I used to be round him a number of occasions at their home or varied locations and positively acquired the creep vibes,” this person wrote.

“I bear in mind being 13 and feeling like he was hitting on me (he was like 19 or 20 on the time),” they continued.

“I instructed my dad and mom and naturally the didn’t consider me.”

Sadly, tales like this aren’t unusual in insular spiritual communities just like the one the Duggars stay in.

Too typically, victims are met with skepticism, and regulation enforcement and different outsiders are regarded with intense distrust.

It’s this set of circumstances that permits perpetrators like Josh to function for years with out suspicion.

And as soon as their crimes are uncovered, these predators profit from their neighbors’ wariness of outdoor influences.

The neighborhood makes an attempt to deal with the matter internally, thus permitting males like Josh to keep away from prosecution.

When Josh hit on a 13-year-old woman, her dad and mom didn’t consider her.

When he molested his own sisters, his dad and mom helped him cowl up his crimes.

On this method, the household and the neighborhood in Josh was raised collaborated in making a monster.