{"id":2349181,"date":"2026-03-28T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2349181"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:09:15","slug":"amy-duggar-is-emotionally-exhausted-amid-josephs-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amy-duggar-is-emotionally-exhausted-amid-josephs-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Duggar Is &#8216;Emotionally Exhausted&#8217; Amid Joseph&#8217;s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/amy-duggar\/\" rel=\"\">Amy Duggar King<\/a> <\/b>has been trying to make sense of the news that her cousin<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/joseph-duggar\/\" rel=\"\"> <b>Joseph Duggar <\/b><\/a>was arrested for alleged child abuse.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHey TikTok, it\u2019s been a minute. I\u2019ve taken a minute from videos and whatnot because I literally don\u2019t even know what to say,\u201d Amy, 39, said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amyrking\/video\/7621360793350622478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">TikTok<\/span><\/a> video shared Thursday, March 26, \u201cI feel emotionally exhausted from all of this. It\u2019s not about me, I know it\u2019s not \u2026 but my heart hurts. I know I\u2019m not the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joseph, 31, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joseph-duggar-arrested-for-unlawful-sexual-activity-with-a-minor\/\"><span class=\"s1\">arrested on March 18<\/span><\/a> for unlawful sexual activity with a minor after being accused of molesting a 9-year-old child in Florida in 2020. The victim, now 14, claimed in a police statement that the <i>Counting On<\/i> alum \u201ceventually apologized for his actions and the incidents stopped.\u201d The police report further claimed that Joseph admitted his alleged actions to the victim\u2019s father at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Two days later, news broke that Joseph is<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joseph-duggars-wife-kendra-arrested-couple-facing-new-charges\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> also facing four counts<\/span><\/a> of endangering the welfare of a minor, second degree and four counts of second degree false imprisonment. Joseph\u2019s wife, <b>Kendra Duggar<\/b>, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kendra-duggars-conditions-of-release-revealed-after-arrest\/\"><span class=\"s1\">arrested on the same charges<\/span><\/a> and released within hours on bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joseph, for his part, is currently awaiting extradition to Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cJoe was the last person that I expected,\u201d Amy said in her Thursday social media video. \u201cWe\u2019re all wanting answers right now. \u2026 He\u2019s behind bars tonight. I cannot comprehend that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joseph is being held in solitary confinement at the Washington County Detention Facility in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been spending a lot of time reading, uh, reading the Bible, they got me a Bible in here,\u201d he told Kendra <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/crime-news\/news\/joseph-duggar-tells-wife-kendra-hes-reading-the-bible-in-jail\/\"><span class=\"s1\">during a phone call obtained by <i>People<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> <\/i>earlier this week. \u201cI\u2019m in solitary. [I\u2019m in a] pretty small area, but I\u2019ve been able to read a lot actually, and resting some, but I\u2019m not sleeping great through the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amyrking\/video\/7621360793350622478\" data-video-id=\"7621360793350622478\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@amyrking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amyrking?refer=embed\">@amyrking<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Joes arrest. <\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Amy Duggar King\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7621360968878967565?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Amy Duggar King<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joseph further told his wife, with whom he shares four children, that it was \u201cnice\u201d to hear her voice. They also reportedly discussed Joseph signing over the belongings that he checked in when he was booked over to Kendra, so that she could collect them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joseph, who has been married to Kendra since 2017, is one of <b>Jim Bob Duggar <\/b>and <b>Michelle Duggar<\/b>\u2019s 19 children. The <i>19 Kids and Counting <\/i>patriarch and matriarch have yet to publicly address his arrest, though Amy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amy-duggar-guesses-how-jim-bob-reacted-to-josephs-arrest\/\"><span class=\"s1\">predicted how they reacted<\/span><\/a>. (Amy is the daughter of Jim Bob\u2019s sister, <b>Deanna Duggar<\/b>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amy-duggar-changes-statement-of-support-for-josephs-wife\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amy-duggar-changes-statement-of-support-for-josephs-wife\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Amy Duggar Changes Statement of Support for Joseph Duggar\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAmy Duggar King has taken back her previous support of embattled cousin Joseph Duggar\u2019s wife, Kendra Duggar, following Kendra\u2019s arrest on a child endangerment charge. \u201cI think that was a plot twist that no one saw coming,\u201d Amy, 39, said of Kendra\u2019s arrest during a Saturday, March 21, interview with TMZ. \u201cWhen I gave that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAlright, I\u2019m so sorry that we\u2019re going through this again as a family,\u2019\u201d Amy theorized in a Friday, March 27, TikTok video of her uncle\u2019s potential response to his other kids. \u201c\u2018What\u2019s most important is that we band together and that we show family loyalty and that we love each other no matter what. And right now, we need to just be closer than ever. Including our social media.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Duggar King has been trying to make sense of the news that her cousin Joseph Duggar was arrested for alleged child abuse.\u00a0 \u201cHey TikTok, it\u2019s been a minute. I\u2019ve taken a minute from videos and whatnot because I literally don\u2019t even know what to say,\u201d Amy, 39, said in a TikTok video shared Thursday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2349182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,233436,30252],"class_list":["post-2349181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-scandals","tag-scandals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Amy-Duggar-Is-Emotionally-Exhausted-Amid-Josephs-Arrest.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349183,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349181\/revisions\/2349183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2349182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}