The new Amazon docu-series, Shiny Happy People has premiered and it is getting a lot of attention. This series highlights the accusations against the Duggars, their cult-like religion, and the religion’s leader, Bill Gotthard.
It focuses on how children in the religion are punished and how girls are raised in a way that makes them obey their spouses no matter what. This docu-series has started to uncover a lot of the abuse that takes place in the religion and one of the families that is the main focus is the Duggars.
Duggar Family News: The Secrets and Lies Exposed
The IBLP, which is the religion in which the Duggars were taught, has been under fire lately for its conservative way of thinking. This Christian fundamentalist church has been in the news for quite some time for the abuse and sexual assault scandals that plague it.
Duggar Family News: Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar React to Amazon Docu-Series, It’s Not Pretty
Jill Dillard, who is the fourth Duggar child, opens up on the series with her husband, Derick Dillard. They reference the fact that they were forced to sign contracts without knowing what was on them and that she never got paid for any of the work that she did on the show.
Not only that but it came out that she and some of her sisters were sexually molested by their older brother, Josh Duggar.
Josh is now serving time in prison for possession of child pornography and from the looks of it, his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were covering up for him for quite some time. In the docu-series, the Holt family, who were very close to the Duggars, explain that Josh dated their daughter.
They claim that Jim Bob knew long before he got turned in that Josh was abusing young girls. In fact, they went to the sheriff to turn him in. The sheriff then told Josh never to do it again.
The sheriff ended up being a very close family friend. Interestingly enough, this sheriff is now serving 56 years in prison for possession of child pornography!
Even though Jim Bob and Michelle are the poster children for the IBLP, they were not happy with this docu-series. They gave an official statement about it this week.
They wrote, “The recent ‘documentary’ that talks about our family is sad because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions hurting people we love. Like other families, ours too has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, just in a very public format. This ‘documentary’ paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days.”
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