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  • ’19 Kids and Counting’ Family Reportedly Paying Off-Duty Tontitown, Arkansas Cops to Guard Them

    The 19 Kids and Counting family is reportedly being guarded by off-duty cops in their town of Tontitown, Arkansas. Are members of the Duggar family in danger since word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal made news?

    Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard Steve Neild is working for the Duggar family and is the one hiring the local cops to guard the 19 Kids and Counting family for $25 per hour. He previously watched over Josh and Anna Duggar and their children as they prepared to move back to Arkansas from the Washington, D.C. area.

    Is this a conflict of interest, however? The Tontitown Police Department–as well as the Department of Human Services–has an open investigation into the Duggar family. They are investigating the 19 Kids and Counting household because the family refused to allow a DHS employee to enter their home back on May 27th, while attempting to check on the welfare of a minor.

    Dr. Paul Kroutter is the head of the criminal justice department at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith and the retired police captain of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He told In Touch Weekly the following when asked if this constitutes a conflict of interest.

    “I would be hesitant to provide security service for a family that my agency’s been doing investigations on. I would want to avoid the appearance of any improprieties,” he said.

    A photo posted by Anna Duggar (@annaduggar) on

    Do you think the 19 Kids and Counting family members are truly in need of police protection? Have threats been made against Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their children? Or have threats been made against Josh Duggar for having sexually molested five underage girls?

    Regardless of which members of the Duggar family may be in need of protection, it’s got to be especially frightening for the younger Duggar children and grandchildren. Josh and Anna Duggar have three small children of their own, and a fourth due on July 10th.

  • Michelle Duggar, Jim Bob Duggar Take Stand Against Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

    Michelle Duggar and her husband Jim Bob of 19 Kids and Counting fame have been front and center in the media since word of their eldest son Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal made news. Now the Duggar matriarch and patriarch are in the news again–this time taking a stand against last week’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

    While this likely comes as no surprise to those who follow the conservative Christian family, it’s interesting to note that Josh Duggar has stayed mum about the ruling. Just this past April, the wife of Anna Duggar and father of at least three–wife Anna Duggar is expecting baby number four, but no word has emerged on whether or not she has given birth–said at that time that the fight for gay marriage was an effort on behalf of its proponents to “silence” Christians. Now he is the silent one.

    It was via Facebook that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar shared their beliefs and took their stand.

    They posted the message, “Praying for our nation today,” as well as a Bible quote from 2 Chronicles 7:14.

    “If my people which are called in my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

    Praying for our nation today.

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Friday, June 26, 2015

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s post received more than 24,000 ‘likes’ but many negative comments, too,

    “Wait! So, people who allowed their son to sexually abuse their daughters are against two consenting adults getting married because they are the same gender. I’ve lost respect and patience for these people,” a follower named Yvonne Yeager responded.

    Another commenter wrote, “Dear LGBT Community–Don’t worry–the same people that covered for their child molester son are praying for your eternal souls.”

    Michelle Duggar likely loved what Franklin Graham had to say about the Supreme Court ruling.

    Are you at all surprised that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar posted to social media about the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage?

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald: 19 Kids and Counting Star Shares 22-Week Pregnancy Photo

    Jessa Duggar Seewald’s pregnancy is progressing nicely. Now just past the 22-week mark, the 19 Kids and Counting star is more than halfway to motherhood. She and hubby Ben Seewald are anxiously awaiting the birth of their first child, and Jessa is helping pass the time by sharing pregnancy updates.

    Just a few days ago, Jessa took a selfie of her growing baby bump. Looking healthy and beautiful, she shared the shot with her social media followers, informing them of what Baby Seewald–neither Jessa Duggar nor Ben Seewald has shared the gender of their unborn baby–weighs at this point.

    “#BabySeewald now weighs just over a pound!” she captioned the post.

    A photo posted by Jessa Seewald (@jessaseewald) on

    Jessa Duggar Seewald’s pregnancy is no doubt a very bright part of the 19 Kids and Counting family member’s lives right now, in light of what they’ve all gone through since the media caught wind of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal. Now his fifth victim–the only one who wasn’t a Duggar sister–is likely filing a civil suit against Josh as well as his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. Jessa’s life-affirming pregnancy is likely helping the family look toward brighter days.

    Jessa is staying healthy and fit during her pregnancy by following the book, Trim Healthy Mama. She shared a photo of a delicious meal via Instagram.

    “Reading through the book “Trim Healthy Mama” and feeling inspired! These ladies are great! By far the best, most well rounded approach to healthy eating, in my opinion! Y’all should definitely check it out. #TrimHealthyMama #EatWell,” she captioned the photo.

    The proud mom-to-be shared her thoughts and strong faith via the blog she writes with hubby Ben Seewald just a couple of weeks ago.

    “We want to pause a moment and thank all of you who have been lifting us up in prayer. We are so grateful and blessed!

    Our little family is, by God’s grace, going to continue seeking to lovingly point people to Christ and encourage those who are down. God’s goodness and kindness to us even in difficult times is humbling and wonderful!

    Baby Seewald is growing steadily and Mommy has been feeling some little, yet strong, kicks! We recently had an ultrasound, but aren’t revealing our firstborn’s gender yet. Can’t wait to welcome this blessing from God into the world!

    Here are some verses of exhortation for you all: “Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” -Hebrews 12:1-2″

    Jessa Duggar Seewald is surely a source of inspiration for the rest of her family. She is focused on what’s important, even in the midst of her family’s turmoil. She and Ben will no doubt make great parents.

  • Josh Duggar, Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Face Lawsuit in Light of Sexual Molestation Scandal

    Josh Duggar learned recently that a civil lawsuit may soon be filed against him by the fifth victim in his sexual molestation scandal. The 19 Kids and Counting star sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager–four of whom are his own sisters. The fifth, an unrelated victim, is the one allegedly filing the civil suit.

    It seems Josh Duggar isn’t the only one who stands to pay for his crimes either. His parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar may be named in the civil lawsuit as well.

    Several weeks have passed since the sexual molestation scandal involving the Duggar family made news. The 19 Kids and Counting gang likely thought things were starting to simmer down. It doesn’t sound like that’s likely now, however, with Josh Duggar’s fifth victim reportedly ready to file her lawsuit. It seems she–the victim is as yet unnamed–is upset over having to relive what happened to her since word of the sexual molestations made news.

    She’s not just upset over what Josh Duggar did either. She’s also upset with the way Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar handled the situation, and how they recently went on TV defending Josh’s actions. The statute of limitations has run out, so Josh Duggar can’t face criminal charges for his crimes, but the victims can still file civil suits.

    Two of Josh Duggar’s victims–sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Dillard Seewald–seemed to make excuses for their brother when they were interviewed by Fox’s Megyn Kelly a few weeks ago. They, too, were upset over the media circus that followed the discovery of Josh Duggar’s past crimes, saying they were more upset by the media rehashing the situation than by the actual sexual molestations. It doesn’t seem like the fifth victim feels that way, however.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar can be sued for engaging in a in a civil conspiracy and negligence. These charges stem from their knowledge that Josh Duggar was committing acts that caused ‘injury to others,’ and also for the fact that they spent years allegedly hiding his crimes.

    Do you think the 19 Kids and Counting family might simply settle out of court if and when this civil lawsuit is filed? Will Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar leave Josh Duggar to defend himself or will they once again stand up for their son–regardless of his crimes?

  • Kate Gosselin: How Long Will She Share Bodyguard Steve Neild With ’19 Kids and Counting’ Disgraced Son, Josh Duggar, and Family?

    Kate Gosselin has likely spent many years teaching lessons on sharing to her eight children. Now she’s putting that lesson into action. She is sharing her bodyguard, Steve Neild, with 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar–along with his wife Anna Duggar and their children.

    Of course it’s far more likely that it’s TLC doing the sharing–and not Kate Gosselin. She is rumored to have been romantically involved with Steve Neild–who is married. Does that ‘sharing’ principle apply there, too?

    Steve Neild was spotted at the home of Josh and Anna Duggar earlier this week, as the family prepared to leave their home outside of Washington, D.C., where Josh worked for the Family Research Council. Since word hit the media about him sexually molesting five underage girls as a teen–four of whom are his own sisters–Duggar resigned, and the family is moving home to Arkansas. They will live in a foreclosed property they purchased back in January, in close proximity to parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as to the sisters he sexually molested.

    So what role does Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard play in the Duggar family move? Is he moonlighting on the side with United Van Lines?

    No. It’s far more likely that Steve Neild was put in place at the Duggar home to keep the paparazzi at bay.

    The Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal has run rampant in the media. Sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–both of whom are admitted victims of Josh Duggar–spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File last Friday night, and explained that they feel more violated by the media’s rehashing of this part of their lives than they did by the sexual molestation.

    Has TLC put Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard in place for Josh and Anna Duggar because they fear for their safety? Is there a concern that someone might try to do him or his family some harm in light of the sexual molestation scandal?

    It’s uncertain how long Steve Neild will be working for Josh Duggar and his family.

    Hopefully Kate Gosselin is really good at sharing.

  • Kate Gosselin: Bodyguard Steve Neild Helping ’19 Kids and Counting’s’ Josh and Anna Duggar Move

    Kate Gosselin has long been flanked by bodyguard Steve Neild. Photos of Neild accompanying her in New York–when she appeared on Celebrity Apprentice–and traveling with Kate and her eight little Gosselins have appeared online and in magazines for years. Rumors even say Kate Gosselin and Steve Neild have been/are romantically involved.

    Now Steve Neild is on a new mission–albeit quite likely a temporary one. He is presently just outside of Washington, D.C., helping Josh and Anna Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame move back home to Arkansas.

    Neild was spotted at the disgraced 19 Kids and Counting star’s Oxon Hill, Maryland home earlier this week. Josh Duggar listed the home for rent following his sexual molestation scandal and subsequent resignation from the Family Research Council. Steve Neild won’t be serving as full-time security for Josh Duggar, 27, and his wife and three children, but he was there to help the family as they prepared for the moving trucks. It is likely Steve Neild was busy keeping the paparazzi at bay.

    Neild has worked for Kate Gosselin since her split from Jon Gosselin back in 2009.

    So how does Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard wind up working for Josh Duggar?

    It’s got to be per TLC–the network that airs 19 Kids and Counting and previously aired both shows featuring Kate Gosselin--Jon and Kate Plus 8 and Kate Plus 8. It’s quite likely that Steve Neild will soon return to Kate Gosselin’s side–in some capacity, at least–once his stint with Josh Duggar is through.

    Josh and Anna Duggar are moving to a home they purchased in foreclosure back in January, near where Josh’s parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, live. Josh sexually molested five underage girls when he was a teenager. Two of his victims–Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–addressed the media in an interview with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly on Friday.

  • Jessa Duggar, Jill Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Sisters Say Josh Duggar Made ‘Bad Choices’

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kellyn on The Kelly File Friday night about their brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal. The sisters explained that what happened to them was very mild compared to what happens to many victims of sexual molestation.

    “I was one of the victims so I can speak out,” Jessa Duggar said. “In Josh’s case, he was a boy, young boy in puberty, and a little too curious about girls and that got him into some trouble,” she said. “And he made some bad choices, but really the extent of it was mild inappropriate touching on fully clothed victims. Most of it while girls were sleeping.”

    “We didn’t even know about it until he went and confessed it to our parents,” Jill Duggar Dillard said. She added that what happened to her was “very mild compared to what happened to some.”

    “So many girls go through things that are a lot worse,” Jessa added.

    Jessa Duggar Dillard believes her brother Josh Duggar had undergone a big change when he returned from counseling following the sexual molestations.

    “I think by the time that … the report was made and everything, it was very obvious to everyone, us and our family, friends, officials that Josh was a completely changed person,” she said. “He had not gone down that path for years. He was humble before God, before us, before the officials that were involved.”

    Both Jill and Jessa Duggar have forgiven their brother. They are far more upset by the media these days than by what their brother did to them all those years ago.

    “I see it as a revictimization that’s even a thousand times worse” than the molestation, Jill said. “Because this is something that was already dealt with. We’ve already forgiven Josh. We’ve already moved on.”

    Do you think TLC will move on from the Josh Duggar molestation scandal? Will it mean the end of 19 Kids and Counting and a life with no reality show for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their large brood?

    Josh Duggar and his wife Anna, along with their children, were reportedly packing up to move from their home near Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, where he once worked for the Family Research Council. They are heading back to Arkansas. They were being assisted by Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard, Steve Neild.

  • Josh Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Son Gets Help from Kate Gosselin’s Bodyguard, Steve Neild

    Josh Duggar and Kate Gosselin actually have something in common–and it’s got nothing to do with families with lots of kids.

    It seems the 19 Kids and Counting star, recently front and center in the media for having sexually molested five young girls–two of whom were sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–has hired Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard and rumored former love interest Steve Neild.

    Steve Neild was on hand at Josh and Anna Duggar’s home in Oxon Hill, Maryland–just outside of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday–where Josh Duggar recently resigned from his job with the Family Research Council. Steve Neild was keeping the paparazzi away from the Duggar family as their possessions were loaded into moving trucks for their relocation to Arkansas near parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

    Do you think TLC may have hired Steve Neild to assure the safety of Josh and Anna Duggar, as well as their three children–daughter McKynzie and sons Michael and Marcus? Regardless of what Josh Duggar did in the past, hopefully no one has threatened the well-being of his family.

    Neild was in New York City with Kate Gosselin last fall, when she filmed her stint on Celebrity Apprentice. And the two are rumored to have vacationed together recently–with Kate Gosselin’s eight kids in tow.,

    Hiring Steve Neild likely a move on behalf of the 19 Kids and Counting family or of TLC to prevent the media from harassing Josh Duggar and his family as they prepare for the long trek back to Arkansas.

    How do you suppose Kate Gosselin feels knowing her tried and true bodyguard–and maybe her love interest–Steve Neild is protecting Josh Duggar?

  • ’19 Kids and Counting’ Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Blasted by ‘The View’s’ Whoopi Goldberg

    19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are under fire from The View’s Whoopi Goldberg following their interview on Wednesday night with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly.

    Goldberg took issue with Jim Bob Duggar’s claim that God has forgiven Josh Duggar–the 19 Kids and Counting eldest son, who sexually molested four of his sisters and one unrelated underage girl several years ago. She also brought up Michelle Duggar’s 2014 robocall that opposed a proposed anti-gay-discrimination ordinance in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

    “You brought God up, so it makes it OK to say this,” Whoopi Goldberg said. “You’re not forgiving of people who feel differently than you…so if you want to find out about forgiveness, I don’t think that this is the way to do it.”

    Goldberg continued, “I know this is your son and I know that you’re trying, and this was many years ago. But don’t downplay this, especially after what you guys have done in the name of Christianity and God to other people.”

    “My point is, don’t play the Christian card like that…don’t bring up God,” Whoopi Goldberg said a bit later. “God made all of us, and God doesn’t make mistakes.”

    Neither Jim Bob nor Michelle Duggar has responded via the media to Whoopi Goldberg’s statements, and it’s unlikely they will. They have stayed mum in the media regarding the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal, with the exception of their interview with Megyn Kelly. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–two of the 19 Kids and Counting sisters and admitted victims of their brother, Josh Duggar–appeared on The Kelly File on Friday.

    What’s your take on Whoopi Goldberg’s blasting of the 19 Kids and Counting parents? Do you agree with her that the Duggar family shouldn’t live with such double standards?

  • ’19 Kids and Counting:’ Jessa Duggar Seewald Says Life Will Go On If Show Cancelled

    19 Kids and Counting might get cancelled, now that advertisers have pulled away from the TLC show in the wake of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal. During an interview on Friday night with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly, Jessa Duggar Seewald talked about what will happen to the Duggar family if their reality show is cancelled.

    “We’re not a TV family,” Jessa said. “We’re a family that just happened to be on TV.”

    Jessa Duggar added that if 19 Kids and Counting is, in fact, cancelled, that “life goes on.”

    TLC is reportedly considering a 19 Kids and Counting spinoff if they cancel the original Duggar family TV show. 2 Brides and Their Grooms would star Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, along with their husbands Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald. It would eliminate Josh Duggar from the picture completely and significantly cut down on air time for both Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–the 19 Kids and Counting parents.

    Jill Duggar shared her thoughts on the what-ifs that presently surround 19 Kids and Counting.

    “We always just had the mindset of, this show is just a window of opportunity that God has allowed our family to be on television and to share with other people our lives,” she said.

    “We do love our film crew,” Jill Duggar Dillard added. “They’re like family to us. We’ll see. We’ll see what life brings. We don’t know at this point.”

    Do you admire the attitude both Jill and Jessa Duggar–who are both on the list of Josh Duggar’s victims–have about their family’s reality show? It certainly sounds like they are far more interested in their family than they are in remaining on TV.

    Do you think TLC will wind up pulling the 19 Kids and Counting plug, and if so, will advertisers consider supporting 2 Brides and Their Husbands instead?

  • Duggar Sisters Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald Say Josh Duggar Made ‘Bad Choices’

    Duggar sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald told Fox’s Megyn Kelly during their interview on The Kelly File Friday evening that their brother Josh Duggar made ‘bad choices.’

    The 19 Kids and Counting siblings are two of Josh Duggar’s admitted victims of sexual molestations that took place when the sisters–now 24 and 22–were 12 and ‘nine or 10,’ respectively.

    “I was one of the victims so I can speak out,” Jill Duggar told Fox. “In Josh’s case, he was a boy, young boy in puberty, and a little too curious about girls and that got him into some trouble,” she said. “And he made some bad choices, but really the extent of it was mild inappropriate touching on fully clothed victims. Most of it while girls were sleeping.”

    “We didn’t even know about it until he went and confessed it to our parents,” the older of the two Duggar sisters added. She said what happened to her was “very mild compared to what happened to some.”

    On Wednesday, in the first part of Megyn Kelly’s interview with the 19 Kids and Counting family members, parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar explained their side of things. They said Josh Duggar came to him when he committed these acts, and admitted to what he had done. Two other Duggar sisters were his victims as well. Many suspect Jana Duggar–the oldest of all the Duggar sisters–as well as Jinger Duggar, who is now 21, were among his victims. Josh Duggar also sexually molested one underage girl who wasn’t part of the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald told Megyn Kelly on Friday night that Josh Duggar was a different person when he returned from counseling.

    “I think by the time that…the report was made and everything, it was very obvious to everyone, us and our family, friends, officials that Josh was a completely changed person,” she said. “He had not gone down that path for years. He was humble before God, before us, before the officials that were involved.”

    Do you think the Duggar sisters are underestimating the seriousness of what Josh Duggar did to them by referring to his actions ‘bad choices?’ Or has the media blown the scenario way out of proportion, targeting the entire 19 Kids and Counting family for something that should have remained a family matter only?

  • Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal: Sisters Jill Duggar Seewald, Jessa Duggar Dillard Call It ‘Revictimization’

    Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal: Sisters Jill Duggar Seewald, Jessa Duggar Dillard Call It ‘Revictimization’

    The Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal was front and center on Friday night as Fox’s Megyn Kelly shared her second part of an interview with the 19 Kids and Counting family on The Kelly File. Friday night’s segment highlighted her conversation with sisters Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–both admitted victims of Josh Duggar, who believe the media’s attack on their family is revictimization–and far worse than what happened to them at the hands of their brother all those years ago.

    “I see it as a revictimization that’s even 1,000 times worse,” Jill Duggar Dillard said.

    Jill explained that neither she nor Jessa Duggar Seewald wanted to appear on camera talking about this family crisis that occurred many years ago, but they felt they needed to do so to ‘set the record straight.’

    “This is something like we chose to do, nobody asked us to do this,” Dillard said.

    “Most of the stuff out there is lies,” she added. “It’s not the truth.”

    Jessa Duggar came to Josh Duggar’s defense, saying people shouldn’t be referring to him as a child molester Josh Duggar is a husband and father. He and wife Anna Duggar have three children, with a fourth due in July.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist,” she said, “I’m like that is so overboard and a lie really. I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    During their interview with Megyn Kelly, both Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald explained that they were unaware Josh Duggar had sexually molested them until their parents explained to them privately–one at a time–exactly what had happened. Jill was 12 at the time. Jessa was nine or 10, she explained.

    “My parents took [us] aside individually, and they said here’s what’s happened and of course at that point, you’re like, ohh, you’re shocked, you know,” Jessa Duggar said.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested three other young girls. Two more are said to be siblings of Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald. Most believe sisters Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar were also molested, as was one young girl who isn’t related to the 19 Kids and Counting family. Apparently none of these other victims chose to speak out about the incident.

    Will TLC put 19 Kids and Counting back on the air or will they go ahead with tentative plans for a spinoff. Rumor has it they are considering filming a new show–2 Brides and Their Grooms–starring Jill and Jessa Duggar and their husbands, Derick Dillard and Ben Seewald. This will eliminate Josh Duggar from the show completely, and use Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar sparingly, as many still disagree with the way they handled Josh’s sexual molestation incidents.

    What’s your take on the entire Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal now that his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as sisters, Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald, have shared their accounts of the family’s history that has been rehashed in the media?

    Can you understand Jill Duggar’s comment that bringing this out now has revictimized not just her, but Josh Duggar’s other victims as well?

  • Jill Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Sisters Victims of Josh Duggar’s Sexual Molestation

    Jill Dillard, nee Jill Duggar, and her sister Jessa Duggar Seewald are both victims of brother Josh’s Duggar’s sexual molestation. The 19 Kids and Counting sisters appeared on The Kelly File Wednesday night, as Megyn Kelly interviewed them along with parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar about the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal.

    Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke just briefly during Wednesday night’s interview. They will speak at greater length during a special episode of The Kelly File on Friday night.

    The sisters appeared long enough on Wednesday’s episode to identify themselves as two of the four sisters Josh Duggar sexually molested. Eldest sister Jana Duggar and younger sister Jinger Duggar are believed to be the other two siblings he molested.

    “We are victims, they can’t do this to us,” Jill Dillard said, crying. She was speaking of the attention focused on her and the 19 Kids and Counting family that has been constant since word of Josh Duggar’s past hit the media nearly two weeks ago.

    “The system that was set up to protect kids, both those who make stupid mistakes or have problems like this in their life and the ones that are affected by those choices. It’s greatly failed,” Jessa Duggar Seewald said.

    Jill Duggar Dillard was far more distraught during her brief time on the air Wednesday night than sister Jessa. The young mom–married almost a year now–had difficulty speaking to the Fox cameras.

    Jessa Duggar Seewald made it quite clear she doesn’t want her brother called a child molester.

    “I’m like, that is so overboard and a lie really,” she said. “I mean, people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar answered Megyn Kelly’s questions and hopefully eased minds about the way they handled the Josh Duggar situation. They bot sought counsel from within their church and took Josh Duggar and the sisters he victimized to an accredited clinical therapist.

    Will you be tuning in on Friday to hear the rest of Megyn Kelly’s interview with Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard? It will be interesting to learn what else the 19 Kids and Counting sisters have to say about their lives in the years since they were victimized.

  • Anna Duggar: Will Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal Destroy Their Marriage?

    Anna Duggar is at the center of the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal. When word broke in the media about what the 19 Kids and Counting son did to four of his sisters, Anna Duggar issued a statement saying she supported her husband.

    “I can imagine the shock many of you are going through reading this. I remember feeling that same shock. When my family and I first visited the Duggar home, Josh shared his past teenage mistakes. I was surprised at his openness and humility and at the same time didn’t know why he was sharing it. For Josh, he wanted not just me but my parents to know who he really was–even very difficult past mistakes,” her statement read.

    Now OK! reports that the scandal is seriously wearing Anna Duggar down. She is reportedly humiliated and discouraged by the events that have taken place since the media got wind of Josh Duggar’s past transgressions. Anna is feeling ‘trapped.’ Sources are speculating this could destroy Josh and Anna Duggar’s marriage.

    An insider has told OK! magazine that Anna Duggar didn’t understand the seriousness of what her husband did, or that he was a teenager when the sexual molestations occurred.

    Josh Duggar sexually molested five underage females when he was between 13 and 14 years old. Four of them were his sisters. On a Wednesday night interview with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar admitted that daughters Jill and Jessa Duggar were among Josh Duggar’s victims. It is likely that Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar–given their ages at the time the molestations took place–were his victims, too. Josh also sexually molested one underage female from outside the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Anna Duggar is in a difficult spot. Pregnant with the couple’s fourth child and due in July, she is busy with three small children at home. She is also enduring a very sudden move from a luxury apartment in Washington, D.C., where Josh worked for the Family Research Council, and subsequently resigned, to a foreclosed home the couple bought in Arkansas back in January.

    Do you expect this sexual molestation scandal might result in the demise of Josh and Anna Duggar’s marriage? Or will she cling to her strong Christians beliefs and stick by her husband no matter what is dredged up from his past?

  • Jessa Duggar Seewald Defends ’19 Kids and Counting’ Brother Josh Duggar, ‘Don’t Call Him Child Molester’

    Jessa Duggar Seewald, the third of 19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s daughters, is one of brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. Yet she doesn’t want people calling her brother a child molester.

    Jessa Duggar–along with sister Jill Duggar Dillard, also one of their brother’s victims–spoke out briefly during an interview conducted by The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly on Fox on Wednesday night.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa Duggar told Kelly of brother Josh Duggar. “I’m like, ‘That is so overboard and a lie really.’ I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar shared information during this interview that most of the public–including many 19 Kids and Counting fans–didn’t know. The most important fact she shared was that Josh Duggar and his victims–purportedly Jinger and Jana Duggar, in addition to Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald–received accredited clinical counseling in the aftermath of the sexual molestations. Many believed the only counseling any of the family members had received was church based.

    Michelle Duggar said during the interview that Jill and Jessa Duggar are feeling more victimized by the press than by what their brother did all those years ago.

    They “have been victimized more by what has happened in the last couple of weeks than they were 12 years ago because, honestly, they didn’t even understand and know that anything had happened until after the fact when they were told about it,” she said.

    Both Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard will speak more in depth in a continued interview with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File, Friday night at 9:00 p.m. on Fox. It will certainly be interesting to get more of both sister’s perspectives on the crimes their brother committed against them and the aftermath that shattered the 19 Kids and Counting family’s silence several years later.

  • Jessa Seewald: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Daughter One of Brother Josh Duggar’s Victims, Defends Him

    Jessa Seewald, nee Jessa Duggar, admits she was one of brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims, yet she is still defending her brother–asking people not to call him a child molester.

    The 19 Kids and Counting daughter spoke out very briefly–along with sister Jill Duggar Dillard–during parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s interview on Wednesday night with The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly. Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald’s portion of the interview will be expanded upon during a Fox special on Friday night.

    “I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa Dillard told Megyn Kelly of brother Josh Duggar. “I’m like, ‘That is so overboard and a lie really.’ I mean people get mad at me for saying that, but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

    Wednesday night’s interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar did bring to light some facets of the scenario the public hadn’t known–like the fact that Josh Duggar and all of his sibling victims–purportedly Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar in addition to Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard–received licensed, accredited therapy in the wake of the sexual molestations. Until then, many believed the only counseling the entire family had received was from their church elders.

    Michelle Duggar insists that both Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald–perhaps because they are the 19 Kids and Counting siblings most popular with fans at this time–have been more victimized by the media these past two weeks than they were by what Josh Duggar did to them all those years ago.

    They “have been victimized more by what has happened in the last couple of weeks than they were 12 years ago because, honestly, they didn’t even understand and know that anything had happened until after the fact when they were told about it,” she said.

    It seems Jessa Duggar Seewald agrees.

    Fans can watch Megyn Kelly continue her interview with both Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald on Friday night, June 5th, during a special hour-long episode of The Kelly File. It airs on Fox at 9:00 p.m.

  • Jessa Duggar, Jill Duggar Confirmed as Josh Duggar’s Victims, Will Speak During Megyn Kelly Interview

    Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard have been confirmed as two of eldest brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. Jana Duggar and Jinger Duggar are the other two thought to be among his victims.

    Jill and Jessa Duggar will reportedly speak tonight when Fox’s Megyn Kelly interviews 19 Kids and Counting parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar about Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal.

    As fans of 19 Kids and Counting know, neither Jessa Duggar Seewald nor Jill Duggar Dillard asked Josh Duggar to play a role in their weddings. When Jill got married last June, there were several bridesmaids and groomsmen, but Josh wasn’t among her husband’s attendants. When Jessa Duggar married Ben Seewald in November, Josh Duggar didn’t even come to the wedding. Since hindsight is so often 20/20, speculation about Josh Duggar’s past with regard to both Jill and Jessa Duggar has fans feeling quite certain that his omission from their weddings had a very profound meaning. It seems they were right.

    On Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m., ET, Megyn Kelly of The Kelly File will interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and ask some very direct questions about what they knew about his sexual molestations. The Hollywood Reporter claims sisters Jill and Jessa Duggar will answer questions during the interview as well. It is uncertain as to how much information members of the 19 Kids and Counting family will share.

    There were only five girls in the Duggar family at the time that Josh Duggar sexually molested his sisters. That’s why it stands to reason that Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar were his victims. Josh Duggar also molested one more underage female who isn’t related to the 19 Kids and Counting family.

    Will you be tuning in to watch the 19 Kids and Counting interview with Megyn Kelly? How do you expect Jill and Jessa Duggar will portray what their brother did to them? Will they do so with the typical emotions of sexual abuse victims or will they show the deep love and forgiveness their parents have coached them to display?

  • Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar to Answer ‘Harder Questions’ in Megyn Kelly’s Fox Interview About Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, parents of the 19 Kids and Counting brood, will answer what The Kelly File’s Megyn Kelly calls ‘the harder questions’ during an interview on Fox at 9:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday night. The topic of their interview is, of course, the sexual molestation of five underage girls–four of whom are Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s daughters–by their eldest son, Josh Duggar.

    “There was no magic to it,” Kelly says of securing the high-profile interview. “I approached them and made the argument that I would be the best person for them to sit down with. I told them the truth, which is that I will be tough, but I will be fair. I think they know that’s my reputation.”

    Soon after word broke of Josh Duggar molesting the five young girls, he, along with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, as well as Josh’s wife Anna Duggar, all issued statements to the media, admitting that what people were reading about was, in fact, the truth.

    Since then, however, everyone in the Duggar family has remained mum–with everyone’s questions about the situation remaining unanswered. Megyn Kelly hopes to answer some of them tonight.

    “My goal going down there is to get the story,” she explains. “A first-person account of what Josh did, who was involved, what the parents did about it, how they satisfied themselves that it had been resolved, what they did to help the victims, and to answer some of the harder questions about whether they behaved hypocritically.”

    Many are likely wondering if Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will admit which of their daughters Josh Duggar sexually molested. Common belief is that Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar were the sisters involved in the molestations.

    Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have insisted they won’t speak of the details of the molestations, however.

    “They do not want to talk about the details of the molestation, and I understand that as the parents of those involved, and that’s fine,” Megyn Kelly says. “I’ve been told I’m not going to get answers there.”

    Will you be tuning in to The Kelly File at 9:00 tonight to see Megyn Kelly interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar? Do you expect people will get answers to at least some of the things they’ve questioned since word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal hit the media?

  • Michelle Duggar, Husband: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Couple Parodied by ‘Funny or Die’ in Wake of Josh Duggar Sexual Molestation Scandal

    Michelle Duggar and her husband Jim Bob are the subjects of a new Funny or Die parody. The 19 Kids and Counting couple has faced intense scrutiny in light of their son, Josh Duggar, having molested five underage females–four of whom are his own sisters–several years ago.

    In the parody, two comedians–dressed as Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar–explain to a faux In Touch magazine about the Josh Duggar scandal.

    “With more kids than an NBA team, we were bound to have one troubled kid,” Greg David Jones says in his role as Jim Bob Duggar, replete with a polo shirt and side part.

    The parody’s writer and director, Erin Gibson, even fluffed up her bangs in her effort to portray Michelle Duggar.

    “When Josh was a teenager, he made a mistake,” Gibson as Michelle Duggar claims. “He mistaked two girls on their ‘tutus.’”

    “That’s what we call breasts,” Jones as Jim Bob clarifies.

    “Here’s the thing, some other girls did come forward, and some of them were our daughters. But honestly, if you asked me which one, I don’t know, the brunette with the curly hair?” faux Michelle Duggar says, addressing rumors that Josh’s younger sisters are among his victims. “We did the right thing and immediately waited three years before we called the authorities.”

    The Funny or Die comedians also mocked the official statement the 19 Kids and Counting parents issued when word of Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation scandal hit the news a week ago.

    “It has been terrible for us and Josh, but those are the only three people affected by these mistakes,” Gibson concludes.

    While nothing about the Josh Duggar sexual molestation scandal is funny, this parody is hilarious. Fortunately the Funny or Die writers and actors didn’t step too far over the line and include characters to portray Jana Duggar, Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald, and Jinger Duggar–the four sisters Josh Duggar purportedly sexually molested.

    What’s your take on the Funny or Die parody featuring actors playing Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar?

  • Jill Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Celebrates 24th Birthday

    Jill Duggar Dillard of 19 Kids and Counting fame celebrated her 24th birthday on Sunday, alongside her husband, Derick Dillard, and their new baby boy, Israel.

    Members of Jill’s family shared birthday messages with her via social media.

    Derick was the first to share birthday wishes with Jill Duggar, and he did so via Instagram.

    “Happy 24th birthday @jillmdillard You’re the best wife and now mother to our little son! I love you baby!” he captioned the photo.

    A photo posted by Derick Dillard (@derickdillard) on

    The 19 Kids and Counting parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, wished Jill Duggar Dillard a happy birthday via the family’s official Facebook page.

    This sweet girl. How much we love her. We have always loved her sweet spirit. It has been such a joy to watch her become…

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Sunday, May 17, 2015

    Jill Duggar was even celebrated for her 24 years on earth on the Duggar Family Blog, where a collage of everything Jill was shared with family members, friends, and fans. They titled the blog post, “Duggar #4 Turns 24.”

    Jill was born 16 months after Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had their twins, John and Jana.

    “Growing up, people would sometimes guess that Jana, John and I were triplets because we were so close in age, or that Jana and I were twins, since we looked so much alike,” Jill Duggar Dillard wrote in her own blog post.

    This is the first birthday Jill Duggar has spent as a mom. She and Derick Dillard welcomed Israel David Dillard into their world back on April 6th. Now Jill is likely excited about sharing her knowledge with sister Jessa Duggar Seewald, who is expecting her first baby on November 1st.