Overview
- Bay County, Florida, charged the 31-year-old former reality TV cast member with lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by an adult.
- The alleged incidents were disclosed by a now-14-year-old who described inappropriate touching during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach.
- Authorities say the victim’s father confronted Duggar on March 17 and that Duggar admitted his actions to the father and to Tontitown, Arkansas, detectives.
- Tontitown police arrested Duggar on March 18 on Bay County warrants, and he remains in custody in Arkansas awaiting extradition to face the charges in Florida.
- Public statements from Duggar or his legal counsel have not been issued, while sister Jill condemned abuse and voiced support for the victim and Josh Duggar’s attorney said Josh was “deeply saddened” and referenced “false accusations” and “sensationalized fiction.”