In Touch Weekly still has some exclusive reporting from their Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the Arkansas investigation into Josh Duggar. ITW got the ball rolling last week, and it still shocks me to think about how quickly everything moved. In Touch basically summarized a police report about how Josh Duggar was investigated for molesting five children back in 2002-2003. And now every single media outlet is running stories about the creepy Duggars and their creepy cult. TLC still hasn’t officially canceled the show, but advertisers are bailing at a steady clip. So, what else does In Touch have on the Duggars? Just that the 2006 investigation led to some interesting (and horrific) legal wrangling.

In the new issue – on stands now — In Touch reports another bombshell revelation: The Josh Duggar molestation case DID NOT end when Springdale, AR police closed their investigation in 2006 because the statute of limitations had run out. Police referred the matter to the Families in Need of Services agency, which has jurisdiction over minors. The Department of Human Services (DHS) was then brought into the case.

And Nine months after those agencies entered the Duggar molestation case — Josh Duggar SUED the Arkansas Department of Human Services. A trial was held on August 6, 2007.

The results of the investigation into the Duggars and Josh’s trial are sealed. But a source familiar with the Duggar investigation told In Touch it was likely that Josh “appealed the DHS decision or finding from their investigation.” The source notes that DHS had the authority to apply “restrictions or stipulations about him being at home with the victims. Josh would be considered an in-home offender, giving DHS the authority to do an investigation. As part of your appeal rights you can request a DHS hearing to challenge what they found and their ruling.”

The Duggars are refusing to comment on the intervention by either department and Josh’s trial against DHS. They also are refusing to say if their family was monitored by a state agency after the 2007 actions and forced to undergo counseling by a licensed mental health professional.

In Touch broke the story about Josh molesting five victims multiple times during the course of at least two years, exclusively obtaining the Spring Police Department’s report through the Freedom of Information Act.

[From In Touch Weekly]

It’s sort of a fill-in-the-blanks scenario, but I think the gist of the story is that the investigating police officers – realizing that Josh Duggar couldn’t be charged because of the statute of limitations – turned over their investigation to the Department of Human Services. Arkansas DHS ran their own investigation – likely in 2006-07 – and came up with their own report which included some stipulations about what kind of contact Josh Duggar should have with the minor siblings he molested. And Josh appealed the decision and sued to have the DHS files sealed and it worked.

Meanwhile, Defamer unearthed a schadenfreude gem from Jim-Bob Duggar’s failed Senate campaign. While campaigning for a Senate seat in Arkansas in 2002, Jim-Bob explained his position on abortion and ended up saying that rapists and people who commit incest should be punished with the death penalty. 2002 is also the year that Jim-Bob learned that his oldest son was molesting his sisters.

Cover courtesy of In Touch Weekly, cached Duggar image courtesy of Defamer, additional photo from Josh Duggar’s social media.