Joseph Garrett Duggar, 31, asked a judge to allow him to see his children in a court appearance on Monday.This would require the judge to amend a no-contact order currently in place.Joseph Duggar has pleaded not guilty to molestation of a victim under 12 and to lewd and lascivious conduct.A 14-year-old girl told police there were several incidents involving Duggar when she was on a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was 9 years old.According to investigators, the girl said Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap. She also told investigators that he later asked her to sit beside him on a couch under a blanket, where he manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.The girl told investigators Duggar later apologized and that the conduct stopped afterward, authorities said.Joseph Duggar’s arrest in Florida CaseInvestigators said the girl’s father confronted Duggar on March 17. During that confrontation, Duggar admitted his actions to the father and later to Tontitown detectives, according to the sheriff’s office.Tontitown police contacted police in Bay County on March 18.Police there asked Tontitown police to arrest Duggar on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim younger than 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older, authorities said. Arkansas charges against Joseph DuggarJoseph Duggar, 31,and his wife, Kendra Duggar, have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming out of Tontitown.The two are facing charges of false imprisonment in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree.Who is Joseph Duggar?Joseph Duggar is known to many audiences as a member of the Duggar family, which rose to national prominence through the TLC reality television franchise “19 Kids and Counting.”One of his brothers, Joshua Duggar, is serving a federal sentence for receiving and possessing child pornography.Joshua Duggar maintains he did not get a fair trial.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. —
Joseph Garrett Duggar, 31, asked a judge to allow him to see his children in a court appearance on Monday.
This would require the judge to amend a no-contact order currently in place.
Joseph Duggar has pleaded not guilty to molestation of a victim under 12 and to lewd and lascivious conduct.
A 14-year-old girl told police there were several incidents involving Duggar when she was on a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was 9 years old.
According to investigators, the girl said Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap. She also told investigators that he later asked her to sit beside him on a couch under a blanket, where he manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.
The girl told investigators Duggar later apologized and that the conduct stopped afterward, authorities said.
Joseph Duggar’s arrest in Florida Case
Investigators said the girl’s father confronted Duggar on March 17. During that confrontation, Duggar admitted his actions to the father and later to Tontitown detectives, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tontitown police contacted police in Bay County on March 18.
Police there asked Tontitown police to arrest Duggar on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim younger than 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older, authorities said.
Arkansas charges against Joseph Duggar
Joseph Duggar, 31,and his wife, Kendra Duggar, have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming out of Tontitown.
The two are facing charges of false imprisonment in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree.
Who is Joseph Duggar?
Joseph Duggar is known to many audiences as a member of the Duggar family, which rose to national prominence through the TLC reality television franchise “19 Kids and Counting.”
One of his brothers, Joshua Duggar, is serving a federal sentence for receiving and possessing child pornography.