Duggar Family Denies Jana Spinoff, Josh Settlement in Statement

Despite reports that Jana Duggar is getting her own TLC spinoff show, the 19 Kids & Counting family has put out a statement denying this.

Moreover, the family blog takes issue with recent rumors that the Duggars and/or TLC settled with Josh Duggar’s sexual assault accuser.

A production source close to TLC and the family confirmed – or so we thought – that a Jana Duggar spinoff was in the works in Arkansas.

Other reports didn’t go quite that far, but suggested there was indeed a new show centered around the famous family, including Jana.

Starring role or not, Jana – a 26-year-old, beautiful, single young woman untainted by scandal – seemed like the perfect choice to focus on.

She’s everyone’s favorite Duggar, after all. Well, at least here at THG.

Viewers are still very interested in their lives, especially “Cinderella” Jana, who is said to be eager to start her own family and have kids.

Since Jana’s “younger sisters are already married and have families of their own,” the reality star has started to “compare herself to them.”

As such, she is ready for her own life and house, and the alleged new show made us wonder if TLC planned 19 Kids’ return all along.

Is this all too good to be true, and ultimately premature, however?

According to the Duggar Family Blog, NOTHING is confirmed right now, and the Duggars have been staying deliberately mum on the topic.

A statement on the site acknowledges, accurately, that “fans are eager to see this super-sized clan reclaim its place in the TLC lineup.” 

However, “[a]s of right now, there has been no official, public word from either TLC or the Duggar family regarding [a possible new show].”

The statement did admit that “a few individuals claim to have seen them filming around Northwest Arkansas” with a TLC crew. However:

“If and when an announcement is made,” the conservative brood promises, the official site “will share all the details” with Duggar Nation. 

So … perhaps they’re just delaying the official announcement?

The Duggars’ blog also addressed the rumor that TLC paid off Danica Dillon to make her sexual assault lawsuit against Josh disappear.

Dillon “will bear her own costs and fees in this matter and that no one has or will pay her any money to resolve this matter,” the Duggars said.

That denial was just that – a denial. As far as the Duggar family’s future on TLC is concerned, we still think there’s something in the works.

What about you? Hit the comments below and let us know!

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Bill Cosby to Reach Secret Settlement With Accuser?

Yesterday, Bill Cosby was charged with sexual assault following an investigation into a 2004 incident involving a woman named Andrea Constand.

It was a major development that many thought would never take place, as Cosby had previously been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 50 women without ever facing prosecution.

Now, the 78-year-old is facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the charges against him.

While an ambitious DA in Pennsylvania is forcing Cosby to answer for his alleged assault against Constand at an even hosted by Temple University, Los Angeles police are also investigating the once-beloved comic over accusations that he molested Chloe Goins during a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2008.

That case could prove even more damaging to Cosby, as Goins was reportedly underage at the time of the incident.

However, it seems that Cosby’s legal team may have found a way for him to avoid ever setting foot in a courtroom for the Goins case.

According to TMZ, Goins seems to have dropped her civil suit against Cosby, which is likely an indication that she received a massive settlement in order to walk away.

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Goins filed her suit on October 6, and under California state law, her lawyers then had 90 days in which to serve Cosby with a summons.

Now, as the deadline approaches, Cosby has yet to be served, and court papers indicate that there’s been no activity on the suit at all.

Legal experts believe not only that Goins was paid off, but that she likely signed a confidentiality agreement, which would almost certainly undermine the prosecution’s efforts to put Cosby behind bars.

Goins probably reached a deal with Cosby’s legal team several weeks ago, and as the majority of the other allegastions against him fall outside of the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases, the TV icon was probably beginning to think that he was in the clear.

So you can imagine his surprise when Montgomery County (PA) District Attorney District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman filed charges less than 48 hours before the deadline in the Andrea Constand case.

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