Only Sky  A review of “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets”, episode 4: “Arrows Activated.”
Adam Lee
The fourth and final episode of the documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets begins with an audio recording of US marshals coming to arrest Josh Duggar. 

When he asks why they’re there, they say that child porn was downloaded to a computer on the premises. Josh doesn’t confess to anything, but he’s weirdly nonchalant about it. He certainly doesn’t show any of the shock or horror you might expect from an innocent person.

At the trial, the prosecution introduced the evidence of Josh’s molesting his sisters in the past, establishing a pattern of behavior. Jill Duggar says she was prepared to testify against her brother, if it came to that, but she didn’t have to. Bobye Holt, the family friend whose daughter Josh almost married, testified instead.

Josh’s father Jim Bob was also subpoenaed to testify. The prosecutor showed him the police report filed when Josh confessed the first time. Jim Bob claimed—astonishingly, and not plausibly—that he didn’t remember it. In fact, he claimed not to recall so many things that the judge got irate and kicked him out of the courtroom.

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‘Arrows Activated’ ➢ The Duggars And The Joshua Generation

Only Sky  A review of “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets”, episode 4: “Arrows Activated.”
Adam Lee
The fourth and final episode of the documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets begins with an audio recording of US marshals coming to arrest Josh Duggar. 

When he asks why they’re there, they say that child porn was downloaded to a computer on the premises. Josh doesn’t confess to anything, but he’s weirdly nonchalant about it. He certainly doesn’t show any of the shock or horror you might expect from an innocent person.

At the trial, the prosecution introduced the evidence of Josh’s molesting his sisters in the past, establishing a pattern of behavior. Jill Duggar says she was prepared to testify against her brother, if it came to that, but she didn’t have to. Bobye Holt, the family friend whose daughter Josh almost married, testified instead.

Josh’s father Jim Bob was also subpoenaed to testify. The prosecutor showed him the police report filed when Josh confessed the first time. Jim Bob claimed—astonishingly, and not plausibly—that he didn’t remember it. In fact, he claimed not to recall so many things that the judge got irate and kicked him out of the courtroom.

Continue Reading @ Only Sky.

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