Joseph Duggar Of “19 Kids And Counting” Arrested On Child S*x Abuse Charges, Wife Kendra Faces Child Endangerment Charges

If you watched TLC in the mid-2000s, you might remember the Duggar family, who starred in the show 19 Kids and Counting.

The Duggar family, who were known for their Christian values, had their show cancelled from TLC after one of the older Duggar children, Josh Duggar, 38, was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison for downloading child pornography.

Now another Duggar child has been arrested for a sickening crime.

Joseph Duggar, 31, has been arrested for molesting a 9-year-old girl.

The New York Times reported more on the horrific crimes:

Joseph Duggar, a former star of the TLC reality series “19 Kids and Counting,” which followed a large Arkansas family guided by conservative Christian values, was arrested on Wednesday on charges accusing him of molesting a 9-year-old girl in Florida in 2020, the authorities said.

The sheriff’s office in Bay County, Fla., said in a statement that Mr. Duggar, 31, repeatedly engaged in “unlawful sexual activity” with the girl in Panama City Beach, Fla., in 2020.

The girl, who is now 14, reported the sexual assault on Wednesday to the police in Tontitown, Ark., according to a statement from that department. Investigators determined that the assault happened in Bay County, Fla., and informed the sheriff’s office, which issued a warrant for Mr. Duggar’s arrest, the Tontitown police said.

The girl told investigators that Mr. Duggar “eventually apologized for his actions and the incidents stopped after the apology,” the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in its statement.

Mugshot:

A former reality television star from the TLC series "19 Kids and Counting" is facing charges after allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 Florida vacation. https://t.co/t2fhWhxpj6

— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) March 19, 2026

Footage of the arrest:

Footage of Joseph Duggar’s arrest has been released, two days after the former reality star was detained on child molestation charges. https://t.co/GeoGyrbP1H pic.twitter.com/LP0rI28Ig2

— New York Post (@nypost) March 20, 2026

The New York Times further reported that Kendra Duggar, the wife of Joseph, was also arrested:

Kendra Duggar, the wife of Joseph Duggar from the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested on child endangerment charges after her husband’s arrest on sex abuse charges, the police department in Tontitown, Ark., said on Friday.

Ms. Duggar, 27, was charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment, according to a statement from the police. Mr. Duggar, 31, was charged alongside her

The arrests were the latest scandal for the Duggars, a conservative Christian family who rose to fame in the late 2000s as they shared their unconventional family life on “19 Kids and Counting.” The show spanned more than 200 episodes and followed Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar as their family grew to include 19 children. Joseph Duggar is one of their oldest sons.

Kendra Duggar was featured in a spinoff of “19 Kids” called “Counting On,” which followed the lives of the Duggar children from the first series as they started families of their own.

Mugshot of Kendra:

🚨 DETAILS: Joseph Duggar's wife Kendra has been arrested in Arkansas https://t.co/hPSkGWNRFZ pic.twitter.com/YG2dAzWRBH

— TMZ (@TMZ) March 21, 2026