Overview
- Joseph Duggar posted a $600,000 bond Tuesday in Bay County, Florida, after his booking and first appearance, and a judge barred him from contacting the alleged victim or being alone with any minor.
- He had filed a written not guilty plea on Sunday, March 29, and requested a jury trial before appearing by video from the Bay County Jail.
- Authorities charged him with lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older tied to a 2020 family trip to Panama City Beach.
- Investigators point to a forensic interview with the now 14-year-old, detailed accounts of touching under a blanket, and what they say were admissions to her father and Tontitown detectives on March 17.
- In a separate Arkansas case described by a family spokesperson as unrelated, Joseph and his wife, Kendra, face misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and false imprisonment after her March 20 arrest and release on bond, with local court dates set for April 29.