Joseph Duggar’s wife Kendra is arrested for allegedly endangering welfare of a minor as he faces new charges
Kendra Duggar was arrested on Friday as husband Joseph Duggar faces additional charges after he was accused of sexual activity with a nine-year-old girl.
The 27-year-old was taken into custody in the state of Arkansas for allegedly endangering the welfare of a minor as well as false imprisonment, per TMZ.
It comes two days after her husband, 31, was arrested in connection with allegations that he touched a nine-year-old girl on her underwear and genitals.
A warrant for Kendra’s arrest was issued on Friday but when law enforcement initially went to the Duggar family residence in Washington County, she was not there.
However, according to the Washington County Detention Center, she has since been arrested.
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for Kendra and Joseph Duggar, but did not immediately hear back.
Kendra Duggar, 27, was arrested on Friday as husband Joseph Duggar, 31, faces additional charges after he was accused of sexual activity with a nine-year-old girl
She was taken into custody in the state of Arkansas for allegedly endangering the welfare of a minor as well as false imprisonment, per TMZ
Earlier this week on Wednesday, Duggar was arrested in connection with lewd and lascivious behavior involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a statement from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Lynn Haven, Florida announced.
An investigator with the Tontitown Police Department in Tontitown, Arkansas reached out to the BCSO ‘regarding a report of past sexual abuse.’
An alleged victim, identified as a 14-year-old girl, told law enforcement about a series of inappropriate incidents Duggar was involved in around five years back, police said.
Authorities said the alleged incidents occurred in 2020, when the alleged victim was nine-years-old and on vacation with her family in Panama City Beach, Florida.
The 19 Kids And County star is now facing additional charges including four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment, the Tontitown Police Department told TMZ.
Duggar and Kendra’s new charges in Arkansas are reportedly not related to his case in the state of Florida.
He is being held in Arkansas as he awaits extradition back to Florida.
Family members have since broken silence on his arrest, such as brother Josh – who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for possessing child pornography.
It comes two days after her husband was arrested in connection with allegations that he touched a nine-year-old girl on her underwear and genitals; Duggar seen above top far right
His attorney told the Daily Mail, ‘Josh understands the stigma of being accused.
‘He lives with the painful reality of how false accusations can destroy a life. He understands how the targeting of a person for publicity can twist the truth into sensationalized fiction.’
The attorney said that the brothers ‘are not in frequent communication’ but Josh ‘hopes and prays for his brother’s well being in this difficult time.’
