Reality star June had been spotted with Mark McDaniel, who is a convicted sex offender, prompting concerns for her children Honey Boo Boo, 9, Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon, 14, Jessica ‘Chubbs’, 17 and Alana, 9.
A source from Child Protection Services told Radar Online: “Social workers will be making formal contact with all of June’s children, and any other minors that might have come into contact with Mark McDaniel.”
Though the agency couldn’t confirm any reports, they added: “This is being taken very, very seriously by the department.”
June’s eldest daughter Anna Cardwell told Radar that McDaniel molested her when she was just 8-years-old.
She said: “I believe she is seeing him and hanging around him. I'm hurt.”
According to reports, June could risk losing having her children taken away from her following the investigation.
Susan Boatwright from Georgia’s Division of Family and Child Services told a US magazine: “From our point of view, when there are young children who are not able to protect themselves that are in daily contact or living with a sex offender, someone would go out and assess the situation and decide whether the children can stay there or not.”
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McDaniel’s former daughter-in-law, Peaches McDaniel, has taken to Facebook to defend him, calling him an ‘amazing’ father.
She wrote: “Michaels dad is an amazing man, as well amazing father... Peoples past are completely irrelevant to the present.”
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