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’19 Kids & Counting’: Josh Duggar's New Sexual Assault Victim Comes Forward

’19 Kids & Counting’: Josh Duggar's New Sexual Assault Victim Comes Forward

Shilpa Chakravorty

A few months after the cancellation of "19 Kids & Counting" and Josh Duggar's rehabilitation, another part of Josh's past is back to haunt him again. A new victim has come forward, claiming that she has been his victim when she was underaged.

"After last year's revelations about Josh's molestation scandal, word got around that there was another girl who said she'd been abused by Josh when she was a teenager," a source revealed to InTouch Magazine.

Meanwhile, a report by Raw Story suggested that Josh's parents Michelle Duggar and Jim Bob had already spoken to the victim's family.

Josh admitted last summer that he had a porn addiction and had to give up his computer and mobile phone when he went to rehab. Now that he is back again, he has access to a phone again. However, there's a catch!

"It's not a smartphone. He isn't allowed to have one of those," a source close to the Duggars reveals. "He has a little phone with a tiny screen and he can't send or receive picture messages on it."

Meanwhile, Anna's (Josh's wife's) family doesn't trust Josh either. In mid - May, almost a year after the scandal, Josh accompanied Anna to her grandmother's funeral in Fort Lauderdale and tried to talk to Anna's sister Susanna.

"He tried to talk to Anna's sister Susanna, saying he was sorry he hadn't talked to her since everything happened, and it got really awkward," a family source explains. "She stopped him and said, 'You don't have to apologize to me. If you'd had an affair on me, we wouldn't be married anymore.'"

Moreover, Anna's brother Daniel who publicly called Josh a "pig" was also reluctant to sit beside him and even allegedly insulted him.

"Josh tried to sit next to Daniel at a restaurant," says the source close to the Duggars, "and Daniel got up and moved to another table."

Notably, despite her husband's misdoings, Anna has decided not to divorce him and work on their marriage.

"We have been working with a professional marriage and family counselor to take important steps toward healing. It isn't easy and some days are very difficult. It is a long road to rebuild trust and a truly healthy relationship," they said in a statement.

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