{"id":560372,"date":"2026-04-02T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:54:08","slug":"kendra-duggar-cries-to-joseph-over-their-4-children-in-post-arrest-phone-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560372\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendra Duggar cries to Joseph over their 4 children in post-arrest phone calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kendra Duggar got emotional over not having custody of her four kids<\/a> during a post-arrest phone call with her husband, Joseph Duggar.<\/p>\n

Joseph \u2014 who shares children Garrett, Addison, Brooklyn and a fourth baby with his wife \u2014 called Kendra from the Washington County Detention Facility in Arkansas on March 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Friday has probably been my hardest day, but that\u2019s crazy to say because Wednesday was crazy hard,\u201d Kendra told her husband during a phone call obtained by People<\/a>. (Joseph was arrested on Wednesday, March 18, and Kendra was detained<\/a> on Friday, March 20, but released from jail hours later.)<\/p>\n

Kendra Duggar (seen above with three of her kids and her husband) cried over not having custody of her four kids during a post-arrest phone call with her husband, Joseph Duggar. littleduggarfamily\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Joseph (seen above with his wife) called Kendra from the Washington County Detention Facility in Arkansas on March 24. littleduggarfamily\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s just like, when you then take my babies from me, they were who I was just going to pour my life into,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Joseph chimed in, telling Kendra, 27, that their kids are her \u201cpurpose right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

During another phone call, Kendra told her incarcerated husband that their kids are her main concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fighting for the kids and they\u2019re my number one priority right now,\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s just like, when you then take my babies from me, they were who I was just going to pour my life into,\u201d Kendra (seen above) said on the call. littleduggarfamily\/Instagram<\/p>\n

During another phone call, Kendra (seen above holding a baby next to Joseph) told her incarcerated husband that their kids were her main concern. TLC<\/p>\n

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Joseph, 31, responded that he is \u201c100% behind\u201d his wife and that she \u201cshould be fighting for them the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Kendra said, \u201cI just want you to know, through all of this, whatever happens, that\u2019s who\u2019s coming first,\u201d adding that \u201cthen we\u2019ll just see where the rest of it leads us and try to put the pieces together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before ending the call, Kendra told her husband that his kids love him, too.<\/p>\n

In a March 22 phone call obtained by TMZ<\/a>, Kendra warned Joseph not to trust anyone as he remains in jail.<\/p>\n

Joseph (seen above in his mugshot) was\u00a0arrested in Arkansas\u00a0earlier this month and was later transferred to the Bay County Jail in Panama City, Florida. Bay County Sheriff\u0092s Office \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The dad of four (seen above with Kendra) was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving a victim younger than the age of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior\u00a0conducted by a person 18 or older. Instagram\/Joseph and Kendra Duggar<\/p>\n

As Page Six previously reported, Joseph was\u00a0arrested in Arkansas<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month and was later transferred to the Bay County Jail in Panama City, Florida.<\/p>\n

He was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving a victim younger than the age of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior\u00a0conducted by a person 18 or older, the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0said in a statement March 18.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the \u201c19 Kids and Counting\u201d alum<\/a>\u00a0allegedly touched a then-9-year-old girl\u2019s genitals<\/a> during a family getaway in Panama City Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

Two days later, Kendra (seen above in a mugshot) was arrested and she and her husband were both\u00a0charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor\u00a0and four counts of false imprisonment. Washington County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Joseph (seen above in court) was released on a $600,000 bond after pleading not guilty to the child molestation charges. Fourteenth Circuit\/YouTube<\/p>\n

Two days later, Kendra was arrested and she and her husband were both\u00a0charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor<\/a>\u00a0and four counts of false imprisonment, reportedly over rooms with\u00a0locks on the outside of the doorknob.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Joseph was released on a $600,000 bond<\/a> after pleading not guilty to the child molestation charges. <\/p>\n

Judge Brantley Clark barred Joseph from having unsupervised contact with any person under 18.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at\u00a01-800-330-0226<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kendra Duggar got emotional over not having custody of her four kids during a post-arrest phone call with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[33466,7568,2865,5654,91,162802,248365,88,239841,3076,74939,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-560372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-celebrity-arrests","9":"tag-celebrity-children","10":"tag-celebrity-couples","11":"tag-celebrity-families","12":"tag-celebrity-news","13":"tag-child-custody","14":"tag-duggar-molestation-scandal","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-joseph-duggar","17":"tag-prison","18":"tag-sex-crimes","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}