A group photo from Jana Duggar’s August 15 wedding has sparked speculation among fans that Josh Duggar’s wife, Anna, is being ostracized by some members of the controversial family.
Anna, who has stood by Josh despite allegations that he sexually abused four of her sisters (Jill, Jessa, Joy-Anna and Jinger, among others), was not featured in a large family photo taken at Jana’s nuptials.
A total of 18 Duggar children, all of their spouses, and even Duggar grandchildren are present in the image, excluding Anna and the seven children she shares with Josh: Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus, Meredith, Mason, Maryella, and Madyson.
Jana, 34, who is the oldest child in the reality TV family, exchanged vows Thursday with Stephen Wissmann, 31, at The Grand at Willow Springs, a wedding venue in Washington County, Arkansas, with 500 guests in attendance. People reported.
An article from August 17 published by The US Sun He indicated that fans of the show recognized that Anna had been photographed at a table during the nuptials.
The images, which fans believed featured Anna, were initially posted by the groom’s sister Alaythia Wissmann in an Instagram Stories post captioned ‘Mr. and Mrs. Wissmann’.
A group photo from Jana Duggar’s August 15 wedding has sparked speculation among fans that Josh Duggar’s wife, Anna, is being ostracized by some members of the controversial family.
Anna and Josh Duggar pictured at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, in February 2015, months before Josh’s past actions were reported, leading to the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting
Josh Duggar’s Troubled Past and Legal Issues
The Duggar family’s TLC reality series, 19 Kids and Counting, was canceled in July 2015 after Josh Duggar’s history of sexual abuse surfaced.
An investigation into Josh was launched in 2006 after a family associate tipped them off, but officials cited the statute of limitations in deciding not to press charges at the time.
Josh Duggar is currently serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence in connection with his 2021 conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images.
Federal officials investigating Josh Duggar said he had downloaded the illegal images at a car dealership where he had been working in Arkansas.
Authorities investigating Josh Duggar’s computer testified that in 2019 they located images “depicting the sexual abuse of children, including infants,” according to the AP.
In June, the Supreme Court denied an appeal by Josh Duggar of his 2021 conviction. The nation’s highest court “gave no further details about the denial, as is customary,” according to AP.
Josh Duggar’s conviction had previously been upheld by lower courts, which did not accept his case that his lawyers should have been allowed to ask about a former employee of the car dealership who had a prior sex crime conviction on his record and had used the computer at the center of the case.
Josh Duggar’s attorneys did not question the former employee in their testimony after the judge said they were prohibited from mentioning the former employee’s sex crime conviction, according to AP.
Before his past was revealed, Josh Duggar had worked as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council, a conservative organization. His current release date is set for October 2, 2032, InTouch reported.
Josh Duggar is currently serving a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence in connection with his 2021 conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images. He is pictured in a mugshot from December 2021.
Anna married Josh Duggar on September 26, 2008 in Florida. Pictured on NBC in 2009
Anna and Josh were photographed leaving a courtroom in Arkansas in November 2021 amid their trial.
Details and controversies about Anna
Anna married Josh Duggar, the eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, on September 26, 2008, in Florida, and the nuptials were documented on the 19 Kids and Counting season two special, A Very Duggar Wedding.
The couple had seven children: Mackynzie, Maryella, Marcus, Mason, Michael, Meredith and Madyson, according to In touch.
Anna has remained residing with her children at the Duggar family compound in Tontitown, Arkansas, the outlet reported in May.
Anna had at one point thought about moving to Texas, as Josh remains detained at the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville, Texas, as a source told the outlet that Josh was opposed to the move.
“The problem is that Josh doesn’t want Anna and her kids to be away from their family,” a source told InTouch in October 2022. “He thinks it will create too much of a disconnect between her and her kids.”
Duggar family cousin Amy King said People In June 2023, he had told Anna that he had a place where she and her children could live while Josh was detained.
Anna “didn’t want anything to do with it at all and that’s her decision,” according to King, who explained to the publication that she had “tried” through multiple channels to communicate with Anna.
“I don’t know if his phone is being monitored,” she said. “I don’t know if he turned it off and bought a new one. I tried on Instagram and Twitter.”
Anna pictured in 2021 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, leaving the courthouse alone after Josh was arrested.
Anna had discussed moving to Texas to be closer to where Josh is serving his sentence.
InTouch reported in May that “Anna and Josh are still married as he continues his prison sentence,” but that Anna had been conflicted about how to move forward amid the difficult circumstances.
“She took her marriage vows seriously and wants to support her man and all that, but the reality of her situation is very difficult.” A source told the outlet in January 2023, adding that she ‘wants Josh by her side, as a husband and as a father to her children.’
The source said Anna’s ambitions were “not physically possible for now or in the near future.”
Anna Duggar has kept a low profile on social media amid her family’s well-publicized troubles, having deleted an Instagram account she had in 2022 following Josh’s conviction, the outlet reported.
Anna has an account on X/Twitter who has more than 114,000 followers and has been accessing them sporadically. After not posting on the platform for two years, he has posted two tweets in the past three months, both in support of former President Donald Trump.
Fans’ reaction to Anna’s attendance at the wedding event
Fans in a Reddit thread The US Sun’s report, which focused on speculation about Anna’s attendance at the event, seemed to be on the same page that it made sense for her to be there, regardless of the story surrounding her husband.
“I’d be surprised if it wasn’t there,” one user said. “I’m curious why people think it’s surprising that it was there.”
Another user said that Jana and Stephen’s wedding “had 500 guests,” so “of course Anna was there.”
One user said Anna’s presence was a matter of keeping up appearances, as she remains married to Josh.
“She has to be there, she’s the good servant, she has to stay loyal to the family while her husband is in prison for being a nasty man and then she’ll take him back when he gets out and they’ll figure out how to raise the remaining children,” the user said.
Fans on a Reddit thread speculated about Anna’s attendance at the event.
A separate thread speculated on how Anna gets along with the rest of the family, titled: ‘What do the Duggars think of Anna right now?’
One user said the family harbored resentment toward Anna for Josh’s actions that led to the cancellation of her lucrative reality show and subsequent bad publicity regarding Josh.
The user said the family had “unfair and unrealistic” expectations of Anna when it came to controlling Josh, describing her as “a walking, talking daily reminder” of Josh’s wrongdoings.
The user noted that the family “cannot afford the hit they would take” in terms of publicity if they completely disowned Anna and her children.
Another user agreed with the assessment, saying, “This sounds good, and obviously she didn’t fix it (HIM is the problem) and now the family has to support her and her group of kids.”
Another user said: ‘Anna was not the one who caused the family’s misfortune.’
One user said they felt bad for the kids, noting that they probably “don’t understand why they can’t be in the big family portrait” published in a magazine.
Fans were divided as to whether Anna was heading in the right direction in recent years, with one saying she was “to blame for staying” while another asked: “Realistically, what other choice did she have?”
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