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Joseph Duggar wife Kendra arrested, both facing new charges in Arkansas

by Doug Warner, Kyler Swaim and Russell Falcon - 03/21/26 8:22 PM ET

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Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar is facing new charges in his home state of Arkansas amid a charge for child molestation he’s currently facing in Florida. Police in Tontitown, Arkansas, have charged Duggar and wife, Kendra Duggar, with four counts of child endangerment and four counts of false imprisonment.

Joseph Duggar, 31 (Courtesy: Washington County Detention Center)

Joseph Duggar, 31, is currently being held in the Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas for the Florida case. He was arrested on Wednesday.

The Duggars’ charges in Arkansas are unrelated to Joseph’s case in Florida, police say. However, officials say this separate investigation was launched on the heels of the alleged incident in Florida.

In Florida, Joseph Duggar is already facing charges of child molestation and lewd and lascivious behavior. The charges stem from an alleged 2020 incident where he inappropriately touched a 9-year-old girl. He was arrested in Tontitown, where the family lives, on March 18 in connection with that case.

- Tontitown Police at Duggar Compound

Joseph Duggar’s booking shows he has a court date for his Arkansas charges on April 29 in Elm Springs District Court. Kendra Duggar, meanwhile, was arrested Friday, the New York Times confirmed. Together, Joseph and Kendra have four children, with the oldest being 7 years old. Kendra was released on a $1,470 bond on Friday, NYT says. Joseph remains in the Washington County Detention Center.

Joseph rose to reality TV fame as part of the TLC series “19 Kids and Counting,” which aired from Sept. 2008 to May 2015. While Kendra did not appear in the show, she appeared alongside Joseph in its spinoff, “Counting On,” which aired on TLC from 2015 to 2020.

But this isn’t the first time the Duggar family has faced troubles related to alleged crimes against children. Back in 2021, Joseph’s older brother Josh Duggar, 38, was convicted of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material, for which he’s currently serving a 12 and a half year prison sentence.

On Friday, Joseph waived his right to an extradition hearing in Arkansas and now faces a transfer to Florida for the child molestation case, Associated Press reports.

Local police said this remains an active and ongoing investigation. Due to the involvement of minor victims, officials say no further details will be released at this time.

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