Former '19 Kids and Counting' Star Joseph Duggar Charged With Molesting 9‑Year‑Old Girl in Florida
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Former 19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar has been charged in Florida with "lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12," according to a Bay County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. The affidavit alleges the abuse occurred during a family trip to Panama City Beach when the victim was 9 and she disclosed it at 14; Tontitown, Arkansas, police had the victim’s father place a recorded call to Duggar with a detective on the line in which he allegedly again admitted the abuse, and there is currently no Florida court docket or public record of him retaining an attorney while requests for comment to the Duggar family went unanswered.
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