Data from hackers who obtained the information of Ashley Madison subscribers reportedly shows that Josh Duggar, one of the stars of TLC’s now-cancelled 19 Kids and Counting, had an account at the site. Ashley Madison bills itself as a place married people can go to find someone to have an affair with.
Back in July, a hacker group called The Impact Team threatened to expose Ashley Madison subscribers if the site continued running. The site stayed online and on Tuesday, the hackers followed through with their threat.
Now, Gawker is claiming that the leaked data shows that someone with a credit card name listed as Joshua J. Duggar had two Ashley Madison accounts between February 2013 and May 2015. The address on the first account listed his grandmother Mary’s home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The second account listed his Oxon Hill, Maryland address. Both accounts listed different birthdays - Feb. 3, 1988 and March 2, 1988. Duggar’s real birthday is March 3, 1988.
While Duggar had these accounts, he was executive director for the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group that advocates against same-sex marriage and is pro-life.
Duggar has also admitted to molesting five young girls, including his sisters Jill and Jessa, while a teen. That eventually led to TLC cancelling 19 Kids and Counting in July.
Duggar did not immediately provide a comment to the Gawker report.
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