Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar was arrested Wednesday<\/a> on accusations he molested a 9-year-old girl. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Duggar, 31, is accused of having repeatedly engaged<\/a> in unlawful sexual activity with the alleged victim, who is now 14, while vacationing with the girl\u2019s family in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 2020, according to multiple reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n He was detained near his home in Tontitown, Arkansas, and is currently awaiting extradition to Bay County, Florida, where he\u2019ll face charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, as well as molestation of a victim less than 12 years old. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Bay County sheriff\u2019s office released a statement on social media<\/a> regarding the ongoing investigation on Wednesday. According to the statement, Duggar \u201crepeatedly asked [the victim] to sit on his lap\u201d during the vacation, and later \u201cmanipulated the victim\u2019s underwear and grazed her genitals.\u201d He would \u201calso continue to rub his hands on her thighs.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Duggar would\u2019ve been 26 at the time of the alleged incidents. The sheriff\u2019s office statement also indicated that Duggar has admitted his actions to the victim\u2019s father and to Tontitown detectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The sheriff\u2019s office in Washington County, Arkansas, released Duggar\u2019s mug shot hours after his arrest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Duggar \u2015 along with his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and his 18 siblings \u2015 rose to fame in 2008 as the stars of the TLC reality series, \u201c19 Kids and Counting<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Arkansas family was part of an ultra-conservative religious group, the Institute in Basic Life Principles, and adhered<\/a> to strict rules that included dressing modestly and homeschooling their children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The series was canceled in 2015 when Josh Duggar, the eldest of the Duggar children, was accused of molesting his sisters, Jill and Jessa, along with three other girls, while he was a teenager. He would later acknowledge he\u2019d \u201cacted inexcusably,\u201d apologizing for<\/a> what he described as \u201cmy wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"This](\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/69bc45141700004a0d86d609.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\")
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