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Former '19 Kids and Counting' star Joseph Duggar is arrested on a child molestation charge
ABC 7 ^ | March 19, 2026 | MIKE SCHNEIDER

Posted on 03/19/2026 3:29:24 PM PDT by Morgana

Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar is facing a child molestation charge in Florida, almost five years after his brother Josh, who also starred in the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images.

Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested in Arkansas, where he lives, and was awaiting extradition to Florida on Thursday. Duggar is charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12 years old, according to an arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Panama City, Florida.

Police officers in Tontitown, Arkansas, on Wednesday contacted deputies in Bay County, saying they had interviewed a 14-year-old girl who told them that Duggar had molested her several times during a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was age 9, according to the affidavit.

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He did this crime in Florida, he is toast.
1 posted on 03/19/2026 3:29:24 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

That whole family bumped uglys with each other sick bunch


2 posted on 03/19/2026 3:30:42 PM PDT by al baby
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To: Morgana

I stopped watching tv before this show became a thing. I only know of them from a few FR posts and the occasional tabloid cover as I go through checkout.


3 posted on 03/19/2026 3:35:24 PM PDT by xp38
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To: al baby; nickcarraway; sport; Steely Tom

I knew this was coming just did not know when. I knew Josh was not the only sick one.


4 posted on 03/19/2026 3:44:29 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

I believe Florida recently passed a law for the death penalty for (Pedo) child sexual crimes...


5 posted on 03/19/2026 4:11:32 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Whomever thought China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention..)
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To: Morgana

Everyone probably knew. Tonitown is a very small city near Fayetteville.


6 posted on 03/19/2026 4:17:59 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Morgana

15 years ago I was visiting on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, and the Duggars were shooting an episode on the American side, to the excitement of practically everyone except me.

God did not design children to be perpetual celebrities, or worse, the children of perpetual celebrities; they rarely end up well.


7 posted on 03/19/2026 4:18:03 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Morgana

I don’t know anything about this family, except feminist blogs hated them.


8 posted on 03/19/2026 4:21:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Morgana
Unbelievable.


9 posted on 03/19/2026 4:26:20 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: xp38

I remember watching this show a couple times. Always found it to be incredibly weird and unsettling for some reason.


10 posted on 03/19/2026 4:32:00 PM PDT by matt04
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To: Morgana

Awful. What a horror show.


11 posted on 03/19/2026 4:36:34 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Bikkuri

Two aggravating factors required.

See Section 7, page 7.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/BillText/er/PDF


12 posted on 03/19/2026 4:36:37 PM PDT by TexasGator (1/1.'1/11.1II11.X11111.1~I11:/)
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To: Bikkuri

I think they did but he will be tried under the 2020 laws since it happened back then.


13 posted on 03/19/2026 4:55:25 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

Which one was molesting a family member?


14 posted on 03/19/2026 5:33:13 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: xp38

I so remember how Mike Huckabee glazed that family.....great judge of character


15 posted on 03/19/2026 5:40:28 PM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: Morgana

Thanks for posting. Thanks for the ping.


16 posted on 03/19/2026 6:07:21 PM PDT by sport
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