Paedophiles, incest, lawsuits and backstabbing.
The sordid saga of the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo clan makes for as much drama as their short-lived reality show.
With their money-spinner cancelled by TLC, after matriarch June Shannon put her children at risk by dating a convicted sex offender, the family has now turned on one another as they battle of whatever cash is left.
Mama June, as she was known on the show, is being sued by her daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell over money still owed to her from the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo royalties.
Chickadee included her own daughter Kaitlyn, who is two, in the lawsuit. She claims Mama June owes her $200 000, while little Kaitlyn is owed $100 000.
Mama June, in turn, has turned on her own mother, Sandra Hale. She claims Hale bullied Chickadee into suing her and hired the lawyer that filed the suit.
TLC paid the family $22 500 per episode of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and Chickadee claims that her and Kaitlyn’s cut went straight to Mama June. She also claims that Mama June went on to pocket all the royalties from a cookbook and other promotional items.
Mama June, however, claims that she doesn’t owe her daughter a cent. She says that TLC paid all the money into her account, and that the money was used to take care of household expenses.
Meanwhile, she has also turned her sights on TLC. Mama June is threatening a lawsuit because of another TLC show 19 Kids And Counting. The star of that show, Josh Duggar, has been outed as a child molester who’s victims included his own sisters. June is demanding that TLC cancel the show, as they did hers when it was discovered that she was dating a child molester who had violated Chickadee when she was just 8-years-old.
Entertainment Reporter