Looking back. Jill Duggar revealed that her older brother Josh Duggar started a Christian boys’ club called “Boy Cot” in the Prime Video docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.
The Counting On alum, 32, explained that the club was protesting a local convenience store that sold alcohol and pornography.
Josh, 35, founded the organization years before In Touch broke news of his sexual assault scandal in 2015.
According to documents obtained exclusively by In Touch, Josh was reported to have inappropriately touched five young girls when he was a teenager in 2006. He was never charged with a crime at the time, while his sisters Jill, Jessa Seewald (née Duggar) , Joy-Anna Forsyth (née Duggar) and Jinger Vuolo (née Duggar) were revealed as four of the six victims.
Josh was involved in another scandal four months later when he was exposed for having an Ashley Madison account, a website for people looking for partners for extramarital affairs. After admitting to a paid subscription and publicly apologizing to his wife, Anna Duggar, Josh checked himself into a rehab facility.
After the scandals, 19 Kids and Counting alum tried to stay out of the limelight. However, he made headlines again when he was arrested in April 2021 on child pornography charges.
The eldest son of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar was found guilty of one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography in December 2021. The second charge was later dropped at the disgraced TLC personality’s hearing in May 2022, when he was sentenced to serve 12.5 years.
In addition to revealing Josh’s previous club, Jill also admitted that she regrets standing in solidarity with the father of seven in the midst of his molestation scandal. After the news made headlines, Jill and Jessa, 30, appeared on Megyn Kelly’s now-defunct show, The Kelly File, to discuss the situation.
“In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done the Megyn Kelly thing,” she said during Episode 2 of Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, which premiered Friday, June 2. , carrying the burden and weight of just – even though you’re volunteering, it’s like feeling obligated to help.
