Joseph Duggar is the seventh of nineteenth child born to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. The family became famous on TLC's programs Nineteen Kids and Counting and Counting On. His older brother Josh Duggar was arrested and convicted of charges around child sexual abuse materials. Now, Joseph Duggar is at the center of yet another sexual abuse scandal.

He is accused of lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim less than twelt-years-old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person eighteen years or older. This stems from a 2020 incident that allegedly occurred in Panama City Beach, in Florida's Bay County involving a then-nine-year-old girl.

Duggar has also been hit with multiple counts around child endangerment in Arkansas. His wife Kendra Duggar is also charged with child endangerment in Arkansas.

5News's airing of the clip of Joseph Duggar speaking in a jail phone call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1VBZh-eQgs

5News's video on the footage of Joseph Duggar getting booked into jail: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kEZ8ZVUfny4

The Hollywood Reporter's coverage of former Arkansas state trooper Joseph Hutchens' statements on the Duggar family after his conviction on child sexual abuse materials charges: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/19-kids-counting-state-trooper-798376/

USA Today's coverage of the arrests of Joseph and Kendra Duggar: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/03/20/joseph-duggars-wife-kendra-19-kids-and-counting-arrest/89255598007/

The New York Times's coverage of the arrests of Joseph and Kendra Duggar: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/kendra-joseph-dugger-misdemeanor-arrest.html

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