Overview
- Bay County authorities say a now-14-year-old disclosed in a forensic interview that she was molested at age 9 during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach.
- Investigators report allegations that Duggar asked the child to sit on his lap and under a blanket on a couch, manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.
- According to law enforcement, the victim’s father confronted Duggar on March 17, 2026, and Duggar admitted his actions to the father and to Tontitown detectives.
- Tontitown police arrested Duggar on March 18 on a Bay County warrant; he was booked into the Washington County Detention Center and is awaiting extradition to Florida with no timetable released.
- Officials have not disclosed the relationship between Duggar and the victim or whether investigators believe there may be additional victims.