Reality TV star Joseph Duggar held on $600,000 bond in child molestation case
abcnews.com • • general
Key Points:
- Florida judge ordered reality TV star Joseph Duggar held on a $600,000 bond after his arrest on child molestation charges involving a child under 12, with a restriction barring him from unsupervised contact with minors under 18.
- Duggar was arrested following allegations from a 14-year-old girl who claimed he molested her multiple times during a family trip when she was 9, and he reportedly admitted to the abuse during police interviews.
- Duggar waived extradition to Florida and appeared in court, remaining in Bay County Jail; he faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and contact with a child under 12.
- Separate charges were filed in Arkansas against Duggar and his wife, Kendra, including counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and false imprisonment.
- Joseph Duggar is part of the Duggar family featured on TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” which documented the lives of the large, devout Baptist family.
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