Amy Duggar King's Complete Account of Duggar Family Dysfunction
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Amy Duggar King discusses the dysfunction and alleged abuse within the Duggar family across generations.
Amy Duggar King, Jim Bob Duggar's niece and author of the memoir Holy Disruptor, provides a comprehensive account of the behavioral patterns, information suppression, and alleged generational abuse she says have defined the Duggar family across three generations. Amy traces the origins to her grandfather Jimmy Lee Duggar, whom she describes in her published memoir as violent and predatory. She alleges her mother Deanna was beaten severely by Jimmy Lee and that protective measures within the household were constant. She says Jim Bob Duggar witnessed his father's conduct firsthand before establishing his own family structure within the Institute in Basic Life Principles. The public record now includes criminal cases involving two of Jim Bob's sons. Josh Duggar is serving a twelve-and-a-half-year federal sentence for possession of child abuse material. Joseph Duggar, thirty-one, was arrested March 18 on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under twelve, according to the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. He posted $600,000 bond on March 31 and has pleaded not guilty. Both Joseph and Kendra Duggar were charged in Arkansas with four counts each of endangering…
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