Duggar Star Arrested on Child Molestation Charges

It's March 31st. You're listening to Canada News today.

AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with The Story.

A Florida judge, just ordered reality TV star,

Joseph Dugger, held on a $600,000 bond

after his arrest on child molestation charges.

The 31-year-old, known from TLC's 19 Kids Encouning,

faces counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a girl under 12.

Earlier this month, on March 18th,

police in Arkansas nabbed him following a report

from a now 14-year-old girl.

She said Dugger molested her multiple times

during a family trip to Panama City Beach

when she was just nine years old.

This hits hard for the Dugger family,

already rocked by scandals.

Joseph's older brother Josh got convicted in 2022

for downloading child sexual abuse material

and is serving 12 and a half years in prison.

Their show got canceled back in 2015

over Josh's past molestation allegations

involving sisters and a babysitter.

In court Tuesday, the judge bar Dugger

from any unsupervised contact with kids under 18.

His lawyer hasn't commented yet

and he's still sitting in Bay County jail.

As this case moves forward,

it shines another tough light on the Dugger legacy.

Stay tuned for updates on how it unfolds.