Duggar Brother Charged with Child Abuse

0:00Joseph Dugger, the 31-year-old from the Dugger family, got extra-dited from Arkansas to Florida this week. He's now locked up in Bay County, jail, after cops charged him with unlawful sexual contact with a nine-year-old girl back in 2020. The incident went down during a family trip to Panama City Beach, where he allegedly had the girls sit on his lap under a blanket and touched her, inappropriately. Dugger admitted it to the girl's dad and Arkansas detectives, saying to charges like lured molestation of a kid under 12, plus four counts each of, endangering a minor and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, his wife, Kendra, 27, faced her own arrest on March 20th for similar endangering charges after a home check found bedroom. Door locks on the outside. She posted a $1,470 bond and got released. But sources say it had zero ties to Joseph's case. The couple has four young kids. These hits close to home for the Duggers. Stars of that old TLC show, 19 Kids and Counting.

1:01Joseph's brother Josh, 38, is serving over 12 years in prison for child porn possession and is lawyer called these new charges against. Joseph false accusations fueled by stigma. As this legal mess unfolds in Florida courts, more details should drop soon, keeping the spotlight on this troubled family legacy. Durham News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.