Joseph Duggar Released On $600k Bond After First Court Appearance In Child Molestation Case

Reality TV prima Joseph Duggar posted a $600,000 enslaved Tuesday and is returning to Arkansas aft making his first tribunal quality successful Florida connected charges of molesting a kid nether 12, according to his attorney.

Duggar, who was arrested earlier this period successful Arkansas, had been transferred to nan Bay County Jail successful Panama City, Florida, wherever he faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and improper interaction involving a insignificant nether 12.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Judge Brantley Clark ordered that Duggar, 31, person nary unsupervised interaction pinch anyone nether 18, tribunal records show.

Duggar, known for appearing pinch his family connected TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, was arrested March 18 successful Tontitown, Arkansas, aft a 14-year-old woman told constabulary he had molested her respective times during a family travel to Panama City Beach, Florida, erstwhile she was 9.

The girl's begetter told constabulary successful Arkansas that he confronted Duggar astir nan maltreatment and Duggar admitted to it, an apprehension affidavit said. Police officers successful Tontitown had nan begetter telephone Duggar pinch a detective connected nan line, and he again admitted to nan actions, according to nan affidavit.

Albert Sauline, who is representing Duggar connected nan Florida charges, said Duggar posted enslaved and was scheduled to alert location to Arkansas later Tuesday.

“Our No. 1 extremity is to make judge he is treated fairly,” particularly because of his personage status, Sauline said.

Separately, authorities successful Arkansas revenge charges against Duggar and his wife, Kendra Duggar, 27, according to Tontitown police. The charges see 4 counts of endangering nan use of a insignificant and 4 counts of mendacious imprisonment. The Duggar family has not responded to requests for remark astir nan charges.

Duggar's older relative Josh Duggar was convicted successful 2022 of downloading kid intersexual maltreatment videos. He was sentenced to 12 1/2 years successful prison.

TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting followed nan lives of devout Baptists Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar and their 19 children, each of whose names began pinch nan missive J.

TLC canceled nan show successful 2015 aft allegations that Josh Duggar had molested 4 of his sisters and a babysitter years earlier. Josh Duggar’s parents said he had confessed to nan fondling and apologized.