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Josh Duggar trial: Friend claims Duggar confessed to molesting children
Fox News ^ | December 6, 2021 | Jessica Napoli | Fox News

Posted on 12/06/2021 1:57:26 PM PST by Morgana

The second week of Josh Duggar's child pornography trial began on Monday and a new witness made a stunning claim.

A close family friend, Bobye Holt, took the stand for the prosecution and claimed Josh confessed to molesting multiple young girls during a conversation back in 2003, according to Fox 24 News.

Bobye and Jim Holt's eldest daughter was Josh's girlfriend in November 2002, when they were 14 years old, so they interacted with the Duggar family regularly.

She claimed that Josh, in the presence of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar at the Duggar home, said he touched female minors in their "private areas" under their "pantaloons and underwear." He was 15 at the time.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: childabuse; duggar; duggarisqanon; duggartrial; joshduggar
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"Bobye then claimed Jim Bob said to her that the relationship between their children had to end and Josh later entered a treatment facility. "

Freepers what the F*** is wrong with this woman? She just hears something like this and does not call the police and report it? Does not call CPS?

See this is why Josh did not take the plea deal he has gotten away with it all these years and he thinks he's going to skate this time.

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE???

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING

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1 posted on 12/06/2021 1:57:26 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

“Bobye and Jim Holt’s eldest daughter was Josh’s girlfriend in November 2002”

What does that sentence mean?


2 posted on 12/06/2021 2:02:16 PM PST by edwinland
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To: edwinland

Josh and that girl were “courting” which is something that bunch does. They don’t date, they court. Which means they are serious about marriage. When they court and they go out a chaperone must be with them, usually a sibling. They hold hands but never kiss (or sex) until marriage.
After what Josh confessed, he was not allowed to court that girl. Her parents had some sense about them, just not enough to call the police.


3 posted on 12/06/2021 2:05:29 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Why didn’t Josh take the plea deal. He thought that dredging this stuff up would get him off?

Are his lawyers secretly anti-child pron activists? “If we get him to go to trial he’ll get put away forever.”


4 posted on 12/06/2021 2:05:50 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: edwinland

I dunno, I’m still wondering who in the past two centuries has used then term “pantaloons”...


5 posted on 12/06/2021 2:06:51 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Morgana

Got it thanks.


6 posted on 12/06/2021 2:07:10 PM PST by edwinland
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To: bigbob

I actually had to look that word up and I have a degree in Home Economics.


7 posted on 12/06/2021 2:08:30 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Total Freak Show !! Its only gonna get worse.


8 posted on 12/06/2021 2:10:55 PM PST by Delta 21 (Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.)
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To: Morgana

Who is Josh Duggar? Is he a media figure?

I don’t want to type his name into Google.


9 posted on 12/06/2021 2:12:08 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Seruzawa; Chode

“Duggar hired former federal prosecutor, Justin Gelfand. The Missouri-based lawyer filed a notice in Duggar’s criminal case informing the court he would be representing the reality star against the child pornography charges. “

“Gelfand has a long history of successfully defending men accused of sex crimes. “

https://radaronline.com/p/josh-duggar-lawyer-sex-crimes-former-prosecutor/

Then in November......

“Ian T. Murphy, an associate attorney with Margulis Gelfand LLC, entered his appearance as co-counsel on behalf of Duggar in the Western District of Arkansas court, Fayetteville division, on Tuesday.”

https://www.nwahomepage.com/josh-duggar-trial/josh-duggar-defense-team-adds-st-louis-lawyer/


10 posted on 12/06/2021 2:15:43 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Steely Tom

TLC’s reality show “19 Kids and Counting” Josh was the eldest son. His parents Jim Bob and Michelle covered up his sex abuse. Now he’s on trial for child porn


11 posted on 12/06/2021 2:17:01 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

If Jim Bob told this woman that Josh was entering some treatment facility, she probably thought the matter was all taken care of, and thus she saw no need to make any police report on her own.

And since her own daughter was not one of Josh’s victims, she didn’t feel a personal connection to any of this.


12 posted on 12/06/2021 2:17:07 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Morgana

I’m confused, legally, because I thought the statute of limitations had run out long ago on any of the molestation charges?

And this trial deals with child pornography, not child molestation.

So I guess I’m confused how the court is hearing testimony relating to issues beyond the scope of law enforcement , and which aren’t specifically at issue in the case.


13 posted on 12/06/2021 2:20:04 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Morgana

2003 is when this supposed to have occurred. I am NOT a Josh fan, but what the heck. This is almost 20 year old hearsay.


14 posted on 12/06/2021 2:20:37 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Morgana

I see. Thanks for explaining.

Didn’t something similar happen with a member of the cast of “Glee” ?


15 posted on 12/06/2021 2:20:44 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yea digging a pond is a “treatment facility”. How does she know it was not her daughter for that matter. There have been tales on Reddit he did bother someone in his church and had his head shaved over it. Before you downplay Reddit consider it’s Josh and he probably did.


16 posted on 12/06/2021 2:21:55 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego
By testifying in this trial they are showing Josh has a pattern of child sex abuse. Showing the jury that it's very possible he could be viewing CP.
17 posted on 12/06/2021 2:23:49 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Steely Tom

Yea I think so and he’s already in the big house.


18 posted on 12/06/2021 2:24:34 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Seruzawa

Good question about the plea deal. He’s looking at decades in prison. Do we know how many years the plea deal offered was for? As it stands now, he’s facing watching his kids grow up through the plexiglass on prison visiting days.


19 posted on 12/06/2021 2:25:44 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: packrat35

There is plenty of evidence to send Josh away for life. Read the story of Peter Scully if you can stomach it. Josh was watching videos that guy made.


20 posted on 12/06/2021 2:26:08 PM PST by LukeL
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