Overview
- Booking footage of Kendra Duggar, obtained Tuesday by People, shows her brief March 20 intake and release on a $1,470 bond while Joseph remains jailed awaiting transfer to Florida.
- Florida investigators say a now-14-year-old reported that Joseph molested her during a 2020 family trip, and officials say he later apologized and admitted his actions to the girl’s father and to detectives.
- Arkansas authorities charged both Joseph and Kendra with four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment after a March 19 home inspection.
- Tontitown police say the Arkansas case is unrelated to the Florida allegations, and multiple outlets report sources describing locks mounted on the outside of children’s bedroom doors as part of the inspection findings.
- Both are due in Arkansas court April 29, Kendra is free on bond, Joseph awaits extradition, and relatives have voiced concern for the couple’s four young children as renewed scrutiny follows the family’s prior scandals.