Joseph Duggar Held on Bond in Molestation Case
A Florida judge ordered reality TV star Joseph Duggar to be held on a $600,000 bond as he faces child molestation charges involving a child under the age of 12. On Tuesday, Judge Brantley Clark also barred Duggar, 31…
A Florida judge ordered reality TV star Joseph Duggar to be held on a $600,000 bond as he faces Child Molestation charges involving a child under the age of 12.
On Tuesday, Judge Brantley Clark also barred Duggar, 31, from having unsupervised contact with any minor under 18.
Duggar, who starred with his parents and siblings in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested March 18 in Tontitown, Arkansas. His arrest came after police officers interviewed a 14-year-old girl who told them Duggar had molested her several times during a family trip to Panama City Beach, Florida. She was 9 at the time.
The girl’s father told Arkansas police he confronted Duggar about the abuse; Duggar admitted to it, an arrest affidavit said.
Police officers in Tontitown had the father call Duggar with a detective on the line. Dugger again admitted to the abuse, according to the affidavit.
Duggar waived his extradition to Florida.
He remained in the Bay County Jail Tuesday afternoon.
Duggar is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 12, and lewd and lascivious contact.