Joseph Duggar from “19 Kids and Counting” has been arrested and charged in Florida with lewd and lascivious habits, involving illegal sexual exercise with a minor … TMZ has realized.
In accordance with a press launch from the Bay County Sheriff’s Workplace, a 14-year-old alleged sufferer was interviewed and made claims about a number of incidents involving the 31-year-old Duggar that she mentioned occurred throughout a household trip in Panama Metropolis Seashore when she was 9 years previous.
The Sheriff’s Workplace says the alleged incidents occurred in 2020 and the alleged sufferer mentioned Duggar repeatedly requested her to sit down on his lap, earlier than later asking her to sit down subsequent to him on a sofa, protecting them with a blanket.
In accordance with the police investigation, it was after they had been beneath the blanket that Duggar “manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals” … and allegedly rubbed his fingers on her thighs.
Investigators say Duggar apologized to the woman afterwards, however her father later confronted him concerning the alleged incident on March 17, 2026.
Police say Duggar admitted his actions and was subsequently arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious habits involving molestation of a sufferer lower than 12 years previous and lewd and lascivious habits performed by an individual 18 years or older.
Bear in mind … Joseph’s brother, Josh, was arrested again in April 2021 and charged with receiving and possessing youngster pornography. Josh was discovered responsible on all expenses.
