Joseph Duggar in ‘secure’ area of jail after arrest on molestation charge
By Jessica Schladebeck
Published on March 20, 2026.
Joseph Duggar, a former TLC reality show star, has been arrested in Arkansas for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl in Florida six years ago. He is being held in a secure area of the Washington County Jail in Arkansas while he awaits extradition to Bay County, where he is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older. The alleged victim, who is now 14, reported the sexual assault to local authorities in Tontitow, where Duggar allegedly confessed to the crime.
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