Joseph Duggar, who starred within the actuality present “19 Kids and Counting,” has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious conduct for alleged sexual exercise with a 9-year-old woman in Florida.
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office introduced on Wednesday that Duggar, 31, had been taken into custody after a police detective in Tonitown, Arkansas, contacted them a couple of report of sexual abuse.
“The 14-year-old victim participated in a forensic interview, where she disclosed several incidents involving Duggar that occurred during a family vacation in Panama City Beach when she was 9-years-old,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The sufferer reported that, in 2020, Duggar “repeatedly” requested that she sit on his lap and subsequent to him on a sofa.
“During this time, Duggar manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals,” officers mentioned. “Duggar would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs.”
The woman’s father confronted the previous tv star on Tuesday, after which Duggar reportedly confessed his actions to detectives in Tontitown. Duggar was subsequently arrested out of state.
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