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.
Albert Sauline, a lawyer listed on court records for Duggar, did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
Separately, authorities in Arkansas filed charges against Duggar and his wife, Kendra Duggar, 27, according to Tontitown police.
Those charges include four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment.
Duggar’s older brother Josh Duggar was convicted in 2022 of downloading child sexual abuse videos.
He was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison.
The reality show followed the lives of devout Baptists Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar and their 19 children — all of whose names began with the letter “J.”
