Duggar sibling sexually assaulted sisters, another female, according to police report
Published May 21, 2015
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A 2006 police report obtained by In Touch Weekly magazine revealed that one of the Duggar siblings, of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," allegedly sexually assaulted four female siblings in the large family, plus an additional female victim.
According to the gossip site, the sibling who assaulted the sisters is Josh Duggar. The incidents date back to 2002 when Josh Duggar would have been 14 years old. In the 33-page police report that FOX411 viewed, the name of the Duggar family members in question are redacted throughout.
The report states that the kids’ father, Jim Bob Duggar, was first alerted by one of the alleged victims in March 2002. She allegedly told Jim Bob that Josh had been touching her genitals and breasts while she was sleeping, according to the report.
The report states that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar then learned that multiple incidents like this had occurred. Jim Bob told police, when he was interviewed in 2006, that the Duggars sent their son to a Christian program at the advice of their church elders. However, later in the report Michelle Duggar states where their son was sent was "not really a training center," rather he was sent to stay with an acquaintance and do manual labor.
According to the report, Jim Bob told police he spoke with an Arkansas State Trooper in 2003 after another incident occurred. The trooper, who the police report states knew the Duggar family, explained to Josh what could happen if he continued this behavior.
The report explains that after a family friend became aware of the situation upon finding a letter that detailed the incidents that had been left in a book loaned to the friend by a member of the Duggar family, a call was made to the Child Abuse Hotline, which led to the Crimes Against Children and the Springdale Police Department investigating the case in 2006.
Several members of the Duggar family were interviewed by police, as detailed in the report, and they confirmed the incidents, but all the victims said they felt safe at their home, and that no incidents had occurred since Josh returned from the "training center."
They said the incidents brought the family closer to God and that their brother had been forgiven.
TLC would provide no comment on the report when contacted by FOX411.
An Arkansas State Police public information officer referred FOX411 to Arkansas code §12-18-104 which states “any data, records, reports, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Arkansas State Police, or other entity authorized under this chapter to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, 25-19-101 et seq.”
However, In Touch claims they got the records from the Springdale Police Department through the same Freedom of Information Act.
Josh Duggar, now 27, has three children with his wife Anna, and one on the way. They live in Washington, D.C., where Duggar works as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council.
A phone message left with the Family Research Council was not returned. Emails to two reps for Josh Duggar that are listed on his public website were not returned, and the Springdale Police Department, who interviewed the Duggar family in 2006, did not return FOX411's requests for comment.
Published May 21, 2015
FoxNews.com
Twitter livefyre Email
A 2006 police report obtained by In Touch Weekly magazine revealed that one of the Duggar siblings, of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," allegedly sexually assaulted four female siblings in the large family, plus an additional female victim.
According to the gossip site, the sibling who assaulted the sisters is Josh Duggar. The incidents date back to 2002 when Josh Duggar would have been 14 years old. In the 33-page police report that FOX411 viewed, the name of the Duggar family members in question are redacted throughout.
The report states that the kids’ father, Jim Bob Duggar, was first alerted by one of the alleged victims in March 2002. She allegedly told Jim Bob that Josh had been touching her genitals and breasts while she was sleeping, according to the report.
The report states that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar then learned that multiple incidents like this had occurred. Jim Bob told police, when he was interviewed in 2006, that the Duggars sent their son to a Christian program at the advice of their church elders. However, later in the report Michelle Duggar states where their son was sent was "not really a training center," rather he was sent to stay with an acquaintance and do manual labor.
According to the report, Jim Bob told police he spoke with an Arkansas State Trooper in 2003 after another incident occurred. The trooper, who the police report states knew the Duggar family, explained to Josh what could happen if he continued this behavior.
The report explains that after a family friend became aware of the situation upon finding a letter that detailed the incidents that had been left in a book loaned to the friend by a member of the Duggar family, a call was made to the Child Abuse Hotline, which led to the Crimes Against Children and the Springdale Police Department investigating the case in 2006.
Several members of the Duggar family were interviewed by police, as detailed in the report, and they confirmed the incidents, but all the victims said they felt safe at their home, and that no incidents had occurred since Josh returned from the "training center."
They said the incidents brought the family closer to God and that their brother had been forgiven.
TLC would provide no comment on the report when contacted by FOX411.
An Arkansas State Police public information officer referred FOX411 to Arkansas code §12-18-104 which states “any data, records, reports, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Arkansas State Police, or other entity authorized under this chapter to perform investigations or provide services to children, individuals, or families shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, 25-19-101 et seq.”
However, In Touch claims they got the records from the Springdale Police Department through the same Freedom of Information Act.
Josh Duggar, now 27, has three children with his wife Anna, and one on the way. They live in Washington, D.C., where Duggar works as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council.
A phone message left with the Family Research Council was not returned. Emails to two reps for Josh Duggar that are listed on his public website were not returned, and the Springdale Police Department, who interviewed the Duggar family in 2006, did not return FOX411's requests for comment.
