No Fifth for you


Poor Duggars. They’re still in the weeds, trying to figure out why god won’t pluck them to safety.

According to In Touch, which first broke the molestation story involving the former “19 Kids and Counting” star, one of 27-year-old Josh Duggar’s victims who isn’t in his immediate family will be filing a civil lawsuit against him.

The anonymous source who told In Touch about the lawsuit added that it could be very damaging not just for Josh, but the entire family, because as a civil proceeding about a crime whose statute of limitations has expired, neither he nor his parents would be allowed to plead the Fifth to avoid self-incrimination.

Aww…so they have to spill or be in contempt?

Being forced to answer uncomfortable questions about when they knew about Josh’s behavior — and after they learned about it, what measures they took to protect his siblings and their friends from him — could put the future of “19 Kids and Counting” in even greater jeopardy than it already is.

Or, who knows, it could just prompt even more on-air crying and complaints of martyrdom to the Libbrul Agenda.

Legal experts told In Touch that the victim will be eligible to sue Josh Duggar under Arkansas Code Annotated Section 16-56-130, which stipulates that victims of a sexual assault can bring civil litigation against their attackers whenever they begin to feel the effects of the abuse — even if that occurs years later.

I wonder if there are similar stipulations in states where Bill Cosby pursued his hobby.

 

Comments

  1. says

    I wonder if there are similar stipulations in states where Bill Cosby pursued his hobby.

    Are there actually any states where Bill Cosby didn’t pursue his “hobby”?

  2. R Johnston says

    I wonder if there are similar stipulations in states where Bill Cosby pursued his hobby.

    There isn’t a similar stipulation even in Arkansas that would apply to Bill Cosby, at least as far as we know. Arkansas Code Annotated Section 16-56-130 only applies to victims who were under age 21 at the time the abuse occurred. That’s not uncommon (although the usual age cut-off would be 18), but adult victims of sexual abuse don’t get that same kind of extension of statutes of limitations.

  3. Pierce R. Butler says

    Whichever Duggar kid is the fifth will probably plead as whinily as the rest of ’em.

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