Duggar Scandal: Joseph Arrested for Lewd Behavior

0:00Reporting from The Daily News, now I'm Cory with the story with the latest entertainment headlines. Joseph Dugor, the 31-year-old from the famous Dugor family, faces serious charges after his arrest earlier this year. Bay County authorities in Florida accused him of looting and lascivious behavior with a nine-year-old girl during a family trip to Panama City Beachback in 2020. He's the 7th oldest of the 19 Dugor kids who starred on the TLC reality show, 19 Kids Encounning. The girl describes several encounters in a police interview, including one where Dugor allegedly touched her under a blanket and another where he asked her to sit on his lap repeatedly. She said he apologized afterward and no more incident happened. Joseph has been married since 2017 and has three young kids of his own. This news hits hard for the Dugors, whose wholesome image crumbled years ago. The show ended in 2015 when oldest son Josh admitted to molesting four sisters and a babysitter as a teen.

1:01The family kept it quiet at first, handling it through church counseling instead of police. Josh faced more trouble later, admitting to infidelity and porn addiction, then getting convicted in 2021 for child pornography. He's now serving over 12 years in prison. Other siblings have had run into two, like Sister John's minor child endangerment charge from a babysitting mishap. A recent documentary dug into the family's ties to a strict religious group called the Institute in Basic Life Principles with some ex-members, calling it cult like and alleging abusive teachings. The Dugors pushed back, but these scandals keep piling up for the once tight-knit clan. This episode is brought to you in partnership with our sponsor Comfort, you can hear, sound, you can relax into, S-O-L-I, solely pillow.com.