"Police officers in Tontitown, Arkansas, on Wednesday contacted deputies in Bay County, saying they had interviewed a 14-year-old girl who told them that Duggar had molested her several times during a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was age 9, according to the affidavit."
"The girl's father confronted Duggar about the abuse this week, and the father said Duggar admitted to it. Police officers in Tontitown had the father call Duggar with a detective on the line, and he again admitted to the actions, the arrest affidavit said."
"Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested in Arkansas, where he lives, and was awaiting extradition to Florida on Thursday. Duggar is charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12 years old, according to an arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Panama City, Florida."
Joseph Duggar, 31, a former cast member of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," was arrested in Arkansas on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12 years old. According to an arrest affidavit from Bay County Sheriff's Office in Panama City, Florida, a 14-year-old girl reported that Duggar molested her multiple times when she was 9 years old during a family trip to Panama City Beach. The girl's father confronted Duggar about the abuse, and Duggar admitted to the actions both to the father and later to police during a recorded phone call. Duggar was awaiting extradition to Florida. This case follows his brother Josh's 2021 conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images.
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