Josh Duggar welcomes baby amid battle over fondling claims

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September 13, 2017 at 5:19PM
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2014, file photo, Josh Duggar, executive director of FRC Action, speaks in favor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Porn actress Ashley Stamm-Northup, who acts in adult films under the name Danica Dillon, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, against Duggar, claiming the reality TV star assaulted her on two occasions when consensual sex in Philadelphia turned rough. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Reality TV star Josh Duggar has announced the birth of a baby boy a day after a judge halted his lawsuit over the release of information related to allegations he fondled his sisters as a child.

A post on the family website says Mason Garrett Duggar became the fifth child of Josh and his wife, Anna, on Tuesday.

On Monday, a federal judge stopped proceedings in Josh Duggar's lawsuit filed against city officials in Springdale, Arkansas.

Duggar starred on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" until it was pulled from the network in 2015 over revelations Duggar had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter. Duggar's parents said he had confessed to the fondling and apologized.

The 29-year-old previously apologized for a pornography addiction and cheating on his wife.

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