He was not charged because the statute of limitations had expired, according to the In Touch report.
After the report surfaced, Mr. Duggar wrote in a post on Facebook that the allegations were true. “Twelve years ago, as a young teenager I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret,” Mr. Duggar said.
But in 2015, TLC took “19 Kids and Counting” off the air, and brands removed their ads from the show, after the report, ending the run of one of the network’s top-performing programs, which drew millions of viewers every episode.
But the extended family remained in the public eye, after TLC produced the series “Counting On,” following the lives of some of the adult Duggar children as they raised families of their own.
In an interview in 2015, Mr. Duggar’s parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, said four of the five girls their son molested were his sisters. “Looking back, we did the best we could under the circumstances,” the elder Mr. Duggar said in the interview with Megyn Kelly, then the anchor of “The Kelly File” on Fox News.
“He was still a kid. He was still a juvenile. He wasn’t an adult,” he added. “This was not rape or anything like that. This was touching someone over their clothes.”
They said they sent their son to counseling and had him talk to the police.
In an statement on Friday, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar said that “the accusations brought against Joshua today are very serious.”
“It is our prayer that the truth, no matter what it is, will come to light, and that this will all be resolved in a timely manner,” they added.

Source: New York Times

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