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Kendra Duggar collapsed down astir her worry successful a backstage telephone pinch her husband, Joseph Duggar, while he was successful jailhouse aft being arrested connected kid molestation charges.
“I was anxious to prime up nan phone,” Kendra told Joseph successful nan 20-minute jailhouse telephone exclusively obtained by Page Six.
Kendra noted that she was “glad” to talk to him, but that her worry is “on a full different level” from thing she’s ever knowledgeable successful her life.
“At 1 infinitesimal I could beryllium fine, and nan adjacent infinitesimal I could be, you know, perfectly beside myself,” she said.
Kendra said she was “feeling truthful weak” nan nighttime before.
“I didn’t cognize what to do aliases what to opportunity aliases what to talk astir … I was benignant of conscionable spiraling downhill and thankfully [Joseph’s mom] brought nutrient up to maine and stopped maine and prayed pinch maine and stuff.”
Kendra noted that she doesn’t want to beryllium unsocial correct now.
“I deliberation that I can’t beryllium by myself and for excessively long,” she said. “I tin beryllium extracurricular by myself, but it’s really, yeah, that’s conscionable wherever I’m at.”
Kendra, 27, told Joseph, 31, that she has been having problem eating amid her worry battle.
“I’ve been praying specifically that you would get rest, that you would get nutrient in, and that your power would beryllium sustained during this,” Joseph told his wife. “I’m praying this specifically for you.
She said, “I conscionable want you to cognize wherever I’m at. It’s conscionable really hard. I cognize you’re successful a really difficult spot too, I conscionable consciousness for illustration I request to beryllium encouraged.”
Joseph told Kendra that she doesn’t time off his thoughts.
“Whenever I’m not reasoning astir you, I’m reasoning astir psalms,” he said, adding elsewhere successful nan call, “Stay strong.”
They ended nan telephone by saying “I emotion you” to each other.
Joseph was arrested successful Arkansas on March 18 for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl.
He was charged pinch lewd and lascivious behaviour involving a unfortunate younger than nan property of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a personification 18 aliases older.
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The alleged incident happened connected a 2020 family picnic successful Panama City Beach, Florida.
Joseph’s suspected victim, who is now 14, told authorities Joseph molested her while connected nan trip, according to a tribunal affidavit obtained by Page Six.
The “Counting On” prima was extradited to Florida past week, wherever he entered a not blameworthy plea.
Joseph was released connected $600,000 bond and has been ordered to not person unsupervised interaction pinch immoderate minors.
On March 20, Joseph was deed pinch further charges retired of Arkansas — 4 second-degree counts of endangering nan use of a minor, and 4 second-degree counts of mendacious imprisonment connected March 20. Kendra received nan aforesaid charges and was released connected enslaved aft turning herself in.
The couple, who stock 4 children, are owed backmost successful tribunal for nan Arkansas charges this month.
Page Six exclusively revealed that Joseph called Kendra each time while being held astatine nan Washington County Correctional Facility. He besides received conscionable 1 visitant — his lawyer.
