Kendra Duggar, the wife of former “19 Kids and Counting” cast member Joseph Duggar, is facing charges in Arkansas of child endangerment and false imprisonment, in a case police said is separate from the Florida case in which her husband was arrested last week.
In that Arkansas case, Kendra Duggar, 27, and Joseph Duggar, 31, are each accused in Washington County of four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment, KNWA reported, citing Tontitown police.
Kendra Duggar was arrested on Friday, according to E! News.
Joseph Duggar is being held in the Washington County Detention Center in connection with the Florida case.
Separately, his booking record in Arkansas shows that he is due in Elm Springs District Court on April 29 at 2 p.m. on the Arkansas charges.
Tontitown police said the Arkansas charges are separate from Joseph Duggar’s Florida case, though the Arkansas investigation began after the Florida allegations surfaced. Police said the Arkansas case remains active and that no further details would be released because minor victims are involved.
Joseph Duggar was arrested on Wednesday and is facing a Florida charge of lewd and lascivious behavior involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
Authorities detained him after a 14-year-old girl took part in a forensic interview and disclosed several incidents involving Joseph Duggar during a family vacation in Florida.
The girl alleged that Joseph Duggar sexually abused her several times when she was 9 during a family vacation in Panama City Beach in 2020. The girl first made the allegations to the Tontitown Police Department in Arkansas.
Joseph Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap, asked her to sit next to him on a couch and covered them with a blanket, according to authorities. He allegedly manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals and rubbed her thighs.
Investigators also said Joseph Duggar later apologized and that the incidents stopped. They added that the girl’s father confronted Joseph Duggar on the day before his arrest and that Joseph Duggar admitted his actions to investigators.
Joseph Duggar is awaiting extradition to Bay County.
Joseph and Kendra Duggar married in September 2017 and have four children.
The Duggar family’s reality television franchise ended after earlier criminal allegations involving his older brother, Josh Duggar.
TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” aired from 2008 to 2015, following Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children in Arkansas.
The show was pulled in 2015 after Josh Duggar was accused of molesting his sisters, and was later convicted in December 2021 of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Josh Duggar is serving a 12-year prison sentence.
Josh Duggar’s lawyer told Daily Mail he is not in frequent communication with Joseph Duggar and hopes and prays for his brother’s well-being.
