Josh Duggar and Anna Duggar are heading back to Arkansas, and this means that Josh’s molestation victims will likely be seeing a whole lot more of him. However, right now the disgraced 19 Kids and Counting star is spending time with another face that might be familiar to TLC viewers — Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard, Steve Neild, was spotted at Josh’s former home.
According to Us Weekly , moving trucks were photographed in front of Josh Duggar and Anna Duggar’s house in Oxon Hill, Maryland. A s 19 Kids and Counting fans know, Anna and Josh moved there after Josh scored his job as the Executive Director of Family Research Council Action in Washington, D.C. He resigned from the position last month after admitting to sexually molesting four of his sisters and one other girl.
19 Kids and Counting fans are still wondering whether TLC will dump the Duggars in response to the massive negative reaction to the way the family dealt with their son’s predatory behavior over a decade ago. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar didn’t take action after Josh confessed that he was molesting his sisters, so he continued assaulting them. As the Inquisitr previously reported, there was also a big backlash to the way the Duggars responded to the molestation scandal — many viewers who watched their Fox News interviews with Megyn Kelly thought that they spend too much time defending Josh Duggar.
Perhaps the presence of Kate Gosselin’s bodyguard at Josh and Anna Duggar’s former house is evidence that TLC hasn’t cut ties with the Duggars just yet. Steve Neild isn’t a fulltime bodyguard for Josh and Anna, but they likely used his services because Josh isn’t exactly the most popular man in America right now.
Even though the molestation scandal played a part in Josh Duggar losing his job in D.C., it looks like he was planning on moving back to Arkansas long before his past crimes came to light. According to the Daily Mail , Josh and Anna Duggar purchased a five-bedroom house in Siloam Spings, Arkansas, back in January. There were subtle hints that the Duggars knew that someone was digging into Josh’s dark past, so perhaps he bought the house after he realized that his life was about to be turned upside down. It’s also possible that Josh was planning on moving back to Arkansas to run for political office — this would be the next logical step to take after stumping for conservative candidates as a Family Research Council employee.
According to ETonline , Josh Duggar used to run a used car lot in Arkansas, so perhaps he’ll get back into that line of work. And if Josh can’t get a business of his own up and running, surely Jim Bob will offer his disgraced son some kind of odd job. Josh’s family has made it abundantly clear that they will do everything they can to help him, so they definitely aren’t going to let him end up destitute and unemployed.
Anna Duggar is expected to give birth to their fourth child any day now, so the family will also rally around Josh’s wife to make sure that her pregnancy is as stress-free as it can possibly be. Jill Duggar, one of Josh’s victims, has helped Anna deliver her last three children, so there’s a good chance that the student midwife might help out with the birth.
What do you think Josh Duggar will do now that he’s moving back home?
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