Duggars Facing Lawsuit From Nonfamily Molestation Victim

[mystery-ak]

http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/duggars-facing-lawsuit-from-nonfamily-molestation-victim-62115

 Duggars Facing Lawsuit
From Nonfamily
Molestation Victim
Jul 1, 2015 10:24AM | by In Touch Weekly

A non-Duggar family molestation victim is preparing to file a civil suit against Josh Duggar, sources tell In Touch magazine exclusively in the new issue on newsstands today.

The shocking development means that Josh and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle could be forced to give depositions and testify about Josh’s molestation scandal. The Duggars likely will have to answer every question as they will not be able to invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination because the criminal statute of limitations has expired.

The family is once again under investigation the Department of Human Services and the fate of their reality show 19 Kids and Counting is still undecided. The impending lawsuit sets up a nightmare scenario for TLC: if the network brings back 19 Kids and Counting, the show could be on the air while the Duggars are fighting a lawsuit that exposes all of Josh’s secrets surrounding the molestations and how the family covered it up.



The Duggars will face questions about how many years it took them to get Josh and his victims counseling, what type of safeguards they put in place in 2002 after first being alerted to Josh molesting female minors. “All the church elders who knew about this will have to be named,” a source tells In Touch.

Legal experts tell In Touch the victim still has the right to sue under Arkansas Code Annotated Section 16-56-130, which allows for a civil action when a sexual abuse victim start to experience the effects of the abuse years later.

[truth_seeker]

Presumably since he was a minor at the time, the parents, church authorities, counselors all may be held accountable to civil laws.

What a concept.

[sinkspur]

How convenient.  I think these Duggars are phonies, but the opportunists will now come out of the woodwork to pile on for some settlement cash.

[sinkspur]

Presumably since he was a minor at the time, the parents, church authorities, counselors all may be held accountable to civil laws.

What a concept.

Or, this could be just a hold-up for some quick cash.

[PzLdr]

The civil equivalent of the statute of limitations is laches. They don't apply here?

[GourmetDan]

The civil equivalent of the statute of limitations is laches. They don't apply here?

No, the Duggars are Christians... therefore legal defenses do not apply in their favor...

[truth_seeker]

Or, this could be just a hold-up for some quick cash.

Yeah, they send their daughter over to your house for the night, and their eldest son will diddle her.

Later they will rake in the dough, as this pristine Godly family.

And you say the female is not justifiably entitled to compensation for harm done to her?

[PzLdr]

Yeah, they send their daughter over to your house for the night, and their eldest son will diddle her.

Later they will rake in the dough, as this pristine Godly family.

And you say the female is not justifiably entitled to compensation for harm done to her?

Did she sue when, or shortly after, the assault took place? Lawsuits, with rare exceptions, and I don't see this as one, are to be filed in a TIMELY fashion, not when the goose has upped golden egg production. So while she would be entitled to compensation, the time to seek was then, not now.

[jmyrlefuller]

Yeah, they send their daughter over to your house for the night, and their eldest son will diddle her.

Later they will rake in the dough, as this pristine Godly family.

And you say the female is not justifiably entitled to compensation for harm done to her?

If the Duggars were as tight-knit as they are portrayed, there is no way they would have let an outsider stay the night, lest their children be corrupted. Something stinks of all this.

[DCPatriot]

If the Duggars were as tight-knit as they are portrayed, there is no way they would have let an outsider stay the night, lest their children be corrupted. Something stinks of all this.

Yeah....something stinks alright.

It stinks that we're even talking about this.   Who in the hell cares?   

[sinkspur]

Yeah, they send their daughter over to your house for the night, and their eldest son will diddle her.

Later they will rake in the dough, as this pristine Godly family.

And you say the female is not justifiably entitled to compensation for harm done to her?

Why did she come forward just now? I'm always suspicious of these late-comers. I've seen enough of them in the priest sexual-abuse scandal to know that there are opportunists in every crowd.