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Former reality TV prima Joseph Duggar is facing a kid molestation complaint successful Florida, almost 5 years aft his relative Josh, who besides starred successful nan TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, was convicted of downloading kid intersexual maltreatment images.
Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested successful Arkansas, wherever he lives, and was awaiting extradition to Florida connected Thursday. Duggar is charged pinch lewd and lascivious behaviour toward a kid nether 12 years old, according to an apprehension affidavit from nan Bay region sheriff’s agency successful Panama City, Florida.
Police officers successful Tontitown, Arkansas, connected Wednesday contacted deputies successful Bay county, saying they had interviewed a 14-year-old woman who told them that Duggar had molested her respective times during a family travel to Panama City Beach erstwhile she was aged nine, according to nan affidavit.
The girl’s begetter confronted Duggar astir nan maltreatment this week and nan begetter said Duggar admitted to it. Police officers successful Tontitown had nan begetter telephone Duggar pinch a detective connected nan line, and he again admitted to nan actions, nan apprehension affidavit said.
There was nary online tribunal docket successful Florida for Duggar truthful it wasn’t known if he had an attorney. Nobody responded instantly to an enquiry made connected nan Duggar family media petition website.
Police successful Tontitown didn’t respond to inquiries made by email and phone.
TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting followed nan lives of devout Baptists Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar and their 19 children, each of whose names began pinch nan missive J.
TLC canceled nan show successful 2015 pursuing allegations that Josh Duggar had molested 4 of his sisters and a babysitter years earlier. Josh Duggar’s parents said he had confessed to nan fondling and apologized.
He was sentenced successful 2022 to astir 12 and a half years successful situation connected 1 count each of receiving and possessing images portraying kid intersexual abuse.
