The wife of Joseph Garrett Duggar, who starred on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested on misdemeanor counts Friday, days after Duggar was arrested on a charges that he molested a young girl in 2020, according to officials and jail records.
An arrest warrant for Kendra Duggar, 27, was issued Friday on four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, and second-degree false imprisonment, the Tontitown, Arkansas, police department said in an update on the case involving her husband.
“This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” the department said in a statement, and it said that Arkansas law limits the information allowed to be released in cases involving minors.
“To protect the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of those involved, no further details will be provided at this time.”
The police department said Friday that Joseph Duggar was also charged with the same misdemeanor counts.
Online detention records for the Washington County, Arkansas, sheriff's office show that Kendra Duggar was booked there at just before 5 p.m. local time and was released at around 6:19 p.m.
Online court records did not appear to be available online late Friday and it was not immediately clear whether Kendra Duggar had been officially charged or if she had an attorney in the case.
Joseph Duggar was arrested Wednesday in Tontitown after he was accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl six years ago during a vacation in Florida, authorities said.
There he is charged with molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said in a news release this week.
The office said that Joseph Duggar was awaiting extradition to Florida on the charges. It was not clear if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
It did not appear Friday that Joseph Duggar had been extradited. The Washington County sheriff's office listed him as a detainee at their center late Friday.
Jill Duggar Dillard, who is Joseph Duggar's older sister, this week released a family statement in which they said they were shocked by the arrest and allegations.
"Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family," they said in the statement.
"19 Kids and Counting" was a reality television show that aired on TLC about Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children.
It aired for 10 seasons from 2008 to 2015, but was canceled after allegations that the eldest son, Josh Duggar, molested five children, including four of his sisters.
In a federal trial Josh Duggar was not charged with sexual assault but he was charged with receiving and possessing child sex abuse images. He was convicted in December of 2021 and sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison.
The Duggar family did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent through their website late Friday.
