DUGGARS DESTROYED!
Jim Bob and his wife, Michelle, said they “will never stop praying for Joshua,” who faces 40 years in prison.
The ultra-conservative Duggar family built their brand — and their fortune — on being wholesome. So much for that! With eldest son Josh Duggar, 33, headed to prison for receiving and possessing child porn, the Arkansas-based mega-family is in shambles. “Their name is synonymous with hypocrisy and child abuse and so much worse,” an insider tells Star. Running as a “pro-family” republican, the 19 Kids and Counting patriarch, Jim Bob
Duggar, faced a humiliating loss in the Dec. 14 primary race for the state senate. Days before, a judge had all but called the 56-yearold a liar after he testified that he could not recall the specifics of sexually predatory behavior Josh, now a father of seven, had confessed to him as a teen. Meanwhile, sisters (and molestation targets) Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald continue to distance themselves from the family, with son-in-law Derrick
Dillard putting Jim Bob on blast. “It’s only become clearer over time just how deep this man’s manipulation and deceit will go for his own gain,” he said. “At the expense of others.” ★