In Touch Weekly has yet to outdo their first series of Duggar stories. Which is both good and bad news. It’s good news because hopefully Josh Duggar’s year of molestations ended back in 2003 and nothing bad has happened within the family since. It’s bad news because there’s still the feeling that there’s another shoe to drop, and it will probably involve the current Arkansas DHS investigation about the family. In the meantime, In Touch is still releasing information gained from their FOIA requests. They even got their hands on an email sent by the police chief of Springdale, Arkansas, Kathy O’Kelley. That the same police chief that the Duggars claimed had some kind of “agenda” against them and “illegally” released information to In Touch.

The fallout from the Duggars’ sexual molestation scandal and damage control interviews continues, as In Touch magazine has learned exclusively that the Springdale, Arkansas police chief accused the family of slandering her. Jim Bob Duggar was asked by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on June 3 if he knew of “any motivation” for police chief Kathy O’Kelley “to want to hurt your family.”

Jim Bob threw out the possibility that the chief had been bribed to release the police report of a 2006 felony investigation into Josh Duggar for multiple counts of sexual molestation. Amazingly, Kelly did not challenge the assertion. (The police report was released to In Touch magazine through a Freedom of Information Act request, after city attorneys determined the information was public under state law.)

“I think I have been slandered and wonder what they will say next,” Kelly wrote in a June 4 email, obtained exclusively by In Touch magazine via another FOIA request.

O’Kelley, writing to a government colleague, said in her email: “…missed last night [the Duggar interview]…not sure they had a good pr firm or how they arrived at pointing the finger of blame at me – I think I have been slandered and wonder what they will say next.”

Jim Bob later claimed that O’Kelley had a “personal agenda” to get him before she retired. Springdale mayor Doug Sprouse called the Duggars’ comments “outrageous and categorically false” in a June 8 statement that did not mention the family by name. The Duggars have not retracted their comments about the police chief.

[From In Touch Weekly]

At the very least, Kathy O’Kelley could teach the Duggars what “slander” actually means, because this is the first time it’s been used properly in this whole situation. Jim-Bob, Michelle, Jessa and Jill all use the word improperly – they think “slander” means “someone saying something true and provable.” I would love it if this issue went further.

What else? The Hollywood Reporter sent a reporter down to Arkansas to do a “how the town is reacting to the Duggar stories” piece – you can read it here. The town is pretty pro-Duggar and most of the people don’t seem to realize how stupidly hypocritical they are. THR points out that all the “deeply religious” people are wringing their hands over Caitlyn Jenner (even the Baptist minister cast judgment on Caitlyn’s transition) but those are the same people saying the Duggars should be forgiven. Like, “only Jesus can judge the Duggars” but all of the proud Baptists are condemning Caitlyn to hell.

Jim-Bob and Michelle have also had to cancel an appearance at a “homeschooling conference” in Colorado this month. They cited “recent attacks” on their family as the reason for the cancellation. You can read more about it here.

Cover courtesy of In Touch, photos courtesy of the Duggars’ social media.