Duggar Son in Solitary: Child Molestation Trial Looms

0:00It's March 30th. This is entertainment in celebrity news, AI-powered stories from the world of fame. I'm Corey with the story. Joseph Dugger, the 31-year-old from the Dugger Family reality show, is now locked up in Bay County, Florida, facing serious child molestation, charges from a family trip back in 2020. He got arrested in Arkansas on March 18th and just made it to Florida for his first court date on March 31st. With he and his wife, Kendra, are also hit with child endangerment charges over locks, they allegedly put on their kids' bedroom doors from the outside. Two days after his arrest, Joseph called Kendra on a recorded line from jail. He told her he stuck in solitary confinement for his own protection, spending 23 hours a day in a tiny A by 10 space. She dropped a hand about where she was staying, but neither one mentioned their four young kids, who got taken away from home, right after the endangerment bust. Joseph's listening to that call are straight up shocked, saying there's zero remorse in

1:00their voices, like nothing wild went down. Joseph's family mostly ghosted him behind bars, only his lawyer showed up. He's been passing time reading the Bible and trying to rest, though sleeping coming easy. The allegations paint a dark picture. Records say he kept asking the young victim to sit on his lap or next to him under a blanket, then touched her. Inappropriately during that vacation, Florida don't play with this stuff. If convicted and the victim was under 12, it's a life felony, meaning he could get life in prison. With court looming tomorrow, this saga's far from over, and everyone's watching how it shakes out for the duggers and those kids caught in the middle.