Mama June's 3-Year-Old Forced to Watch Sister Get Molested: Indictment
According to Spalding County Superior Court documents obtained by Radar, Honey Boo Boo mom Mama June Shannon has two daughters who were traumatized by her child molester boyfriend, Mark McDaniel. The documents reveal that at least once during 2002, Mama June's then-three-year-old daughter Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon was in the bed while McDaniel molested her then-eight-year-old sister Anna Cardwell.
You can read the court documents, which are extremely disturbing, here. The documents reveal that McDaniel molested Anna in Mama June's bed multiple times in 2002 while Mama June was at work. At least one time, Pumpkin was in the bed to witness the abuse.
Radar notes McDaniel "was specifically indicted on one count of child molestation for 'fondl[ing] the vagina of Anna Marie Shannon…in the presence of Laur[y]n Shannon, a child under the age of 16.'" He was also accused of "play[ing] videos depicting sexual acts for Anna Marie Shannon, ejaculating on the person of Anna Marie Shannon," and forcing oral sex on Anna.
While Anna, now 20, has said she's "hurt" by Mama June's decision to get back together with McDaniel—he got out of prison in March—Pumpkin, now 14, has defended her mother. She told Radar last week:
The story is not true. My mom left Mark 10 years ago. They haven't seen nor talked [to each other] in 10 years.
On Instagram, Pumpkin accused "Uncle Poodle," the brother of Mama June's ex-boyfriend Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, of selling fake stories to the media:
THIS HERE IS UNCLE POODLE AND HIS MAN. THEY ARE UPSET BC THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE MONEY. THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING FALSE STORIES AND MAKING MONEY. HE TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY THAT HE HOPED MY MOM GOT CANCER AND DIED OF A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH. GET THIS HE IS 30 YEARS OLD TELLING A 14 YEAR OLD THIS. EVERY STORY THATS OUT RIGHT NOW HE HAS PUT OUT AND ITS ALL FALSE. HE JUST THINKS IT ALL FUN AND GAMES SELLING FAMILY OUT BUT KARMA IS A BITCH TRUST ME I KNOW HER PERSONALLY. SO IMMA SIT BACK AND LAUGH BC WHEN THE TRUTH COMES OUT YOUR F*CKED.
TMZ released a photo last week of Mama June, McDaniel, and Mama June's nine-year-old daughter Honey Boo Boo together that was taken on September 9. Sugar Bear, who is Honey Boo Boo's father, reportedly wants to get custody of Honey Boo Boo.
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