Amy Duggar Recalls Confronting Cousin Josh Duggar Amid 2015 Molestation Scandal: ‘I Was Pissed’
usmagazine.comAmy Duggar has been a vocal critic of cousin Josh Duggar amid his various scandals — even to his face.Known for being the foil to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar‘s 19 children, Amy, 36, reflected on her “rebellious” label in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Wednesday, June 28.
She remembered finding out “like the rest of the world” in 2015 that Josh, now 35, had previously molested several girls as a teenager — some of whom were his sisters — instead of hearing directly from her extended family.“I was pissed,” she recalled. “I felt like I wasn’t worth telling … that they didn’t want to protect me.
They didn’t want anyone to know, [and] they wanted to keep it inside their little bubble.”Amy pointed to the Duggar family’s strict conservative beliefs and the Institute in Basic Life Principles as part of the reason why the scandal was kept under wraps for so long. “Secrets breed in the IBLP.
Things are hidden,” she said.When news broke of the accusations against Josh, he issued a public apology but was never faced with any criminal charges.
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