Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar hid son Josh Duggar’s disturbing and unlawful habits for years, a brand new restricted documentary collection reveals.

Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Shiny Comfortable Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques” documentary delves into the controversial lifetime of the Duggars, who rose to fame following the debut of “17 Children and Counting” on TLC in 2008.

The fact collection showcased Jim Bob and Michelle and their then 17 youngsters – all of whose names start with the letter “J” – with extra who had been born through the present’s seven-year run.

The household adopted the teachings of a controversial sect referred to as The Institute for Fundamental Life Rules (IBLP), which was based by Invoice Gothard. The minister, 88, was compelled to resign in 2014 when he was accused of sexual harassment by greater than 30 ladies.

The Duggars actuality present – which was principally an advertorial for IBLP – was abruptly canceled in 2015 after In Contact revealed an article claiming Josh had allegedly molested 5 younger ladies, together with 4 of his sisters, between 2002 to 2003 when he was a youngster. Josh, now 35, was later sentenced to 12 years in jail in Could 2022 for receiving and possessing little one porn.

Duggar household associates Jim and Bobye Holt seem within the new Amazon Prime doc and share that their eldest daughter, Kaeleigh Holt, was courting Josh – with the intention of marriage – once they came upon concerning the molestation costs in 2003.

“What Jim Bob had stated to us was, ‘Josh has gotten into some hassle. He’s touched his sisters inappropriately,’” Bobye recalled.

Jim added that when Bobye as soon as referred to Josh’s forcible touching as molestation, Michelle shot again, saying, “Don’t you say that once more.”

“[Josh] had apparently been doing this since he was 12 and we came upon when he was 15,” Jim alleged, asking the Duggars once they had been planning on telling his household.

“Michelle stated, ‘Nicely, we weren’t going to have them inform you guys in any respect. We had been going to have Josh confess to Kaeleigh as soon as they had been married,’” he continued.

“So I requested [Jim Bob], ‘Had been you principally saying you had been attempting to make use of my daughter as a carrot to get him to behave the precise manner?’ And he stated, ‘Yeah, sort of.’”

Jim added that he ultimately accompanied the Duggar patriarch and Josh to the state trooper’s workplace when Josh was “turned in” for violating the regulation.

“The state trooper stated, ‘I’m going to allow you to go this time, however should you do it once more, I’m actually going to come back down laborious on you,’” Jim stated, noting that he later came upon that the state trooper was allegedly a “good friend of Jim Bob’s.”

The household then despatched Josh away to a Christian camp for troubled boys and allegedly lied about it to others of their interior circle, together with relations.

First cousin Amy Duggar remembered asking the place Josh was – solely to allegedly be advised that he was “serving to construct households at a camp [because] he’s an excellent man like that.”

“You simply knew one thing was off,” Amy famous.

However Josh’s “rehab” keep didn’t final lengthy as Jim Bob introduced his son again dwelling for {a magazine} picture shoot that may result in a TV particular.

When the molestation costs ultimately turned public – attributable to an nameless tipoff –the household tried some frantic PR strikes.

One, organized by publicist Chad Gallagher, included an interview with Megyn Kelly the place Jim Bob famous that Josh touched his siblings “over their garments whereas they had been sleeping,” claiming they “didn’t even realize it occurred.”

Household good friend Jim disagreed with that recount.

“I don’t know that that’s the way in which it occurred,” he shared, hinting at one thing darker. “He wasn’t actually completely trustworthy in that interview.”

Two of the sisters Josh molested, Jinger and Jill Duggar, had been additionally compelled to present a tv interview, claiming that they forgave their brother.

After the scandal broke, Josh – now married and dealing for a conservative Christian lobbying group – launched an announcement.

“Twelve years in the past, as a younger teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I’m extraordinarily sorry and deeply remorse. I harm others, together with my household and shut associates,” his assertion learn.

“I confessed this to my dad and mom who took a number of steps to assist me handle my scenario. We spoke with the authorities the place I confessed my wrongdoing, and my dad and mom organized for me and people affected by my actions to obtain counseling … I might do something to return to these teen years and take completely different actions.”

After mounting strain, TLC canceled the present however created a spin-off collection starring among the Duggar ladies.

Sadly, Josh’s hijinks involving his sisters wasn’t the one hassle he’d face through the years. In 2015, infamous dishonest web site Ashley Madison revealed that Josh had a secret account.

“I’ve been the most important hypocrite ever,” Josh wrote in an announcement on the time. “Whereas espousing religion and household values, I’ve secretly over the past a number of years been viewing pornography on the web and this turned a secret habit and I turned untrue to my spouse.”

Nevertheless, he later amended his assertion to nix any references to “pornography.”

Josh made headlines once more in April 2021 after he was arrested on costs of possession and receipt of kid pornography — simply days after he and spouse Anna introduced that they had been anticipating their seventh little one. He denied all wrongdoing however was discovered responsible on all costs in December of that very same 12 months.

On Could 25, 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in jail. His earliest potential launch is August 22, 2032.

“Shiny Comfortable Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques,” which additionally contains harrowing tales of bodily, psychological and sexual abuse from former members of IBLP, premieres June 2 on Amazon Prime Video.