WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) — A police report acquired by InTouch says that Josh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting allegedly molested 5 young girls during his early teen years starting in 2002.
According to InTouch, the report was hidden since 2006 and has been obtained by the magazine through a Freedom of Information Act request. It reads that an unknown caller contacted authorities to report that Duggar inappropriately touched five minors while he was 14.
The report says that the caller expressed concern that the incidents were never reported to the correct authorities.
The police report continues to say a letter supposedly written by either a victim or a witness of the abuse was found in a borrowed book from the Duggars’ church in 2006. It continues that while the Duggars were in Chicago appearing on the Oprah show, a tip about the letter was emailed to Oprah’s Harpo Studios and forwarded to the Department of Human Services hotline, thus commencing the investigation.
Unfortunately, InTouch observes that the ’06 police report wasn’t filed until three years after the actual incidents happened.
The police report maintains that Josh Duggar, now 27, allegedly fondled the genitalia and breasts of five young girls; most of the incidents occurring while the children were asleep. It says that his father Jim Bob alerted authorities in December of that year of his son’s admitted actions — which were that he touched a young girl’s breasts as she slept — and was supposedly disciplined. Nine months later, a similar incident reportedly happened.
Jim Bob claims in the police report that he eventually contacted a state trooper about the issue after consulting with church elders, but no official paperwork was filed. Instead, the trooper (and personal friend of Jim Bob), Jim Hutchens, gave Josh a “stern talking to.”
Today, the then-officer Hutchens is serving a 56-year prison sentence for child pornography, according to InTouch and Radar Online.
TMZ confirmed with authorities Thursday that Josh Duggar was indeed the subject of investigation when following up on the case. If guilty of the allegations, Josh Duggar cannot be charged for them because the statute of limitations expired after three years.
A source associated with TLC told the website that the network has not made any decisions about what to do with the popular reality show following the Duggars’ large family.
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