{"id":2352922,"date":"2026-03-31T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2352922"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:11:06","slug":"joseph-duggars-new-mugshot-revealed-in-child-molestation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/joseph-duggars-new-mugshot-revealed-in-child-molestation-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Duggar&#8217;s new mugshot revealed in child molestation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joseph Dugger was seen in a new mugshot after he was extradited to a Florida jail on molestation charges.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six exclusively obtained the \u201cCounting On\u201d star\u2019s booking photo from the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was seen smirking with messy hair as he was booked at 7:32 a.m. on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Joseph Dugger was seen smirking in his new mugshot exclusively obtained by Page Six Tuesday.  <span class=\"credit\">Bay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Duggar (seen in his mugshot from earlier this month) was booked at Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida early in the morning Tuesday.  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Duggar, 31, was scheduled for his first court appearance on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced that the TLC personality had been arrested out of state after being accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving a victim younger than the age of 12, as well as lewd and lascivious behavior\u00a0toward a victim age 18 or older.<\/p>\n<p>Duggar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/20\/celebrity-news\/inside-joseph-duggars-stay-at-arkansas-jail-after-child-molestation-arrest\/\">was booked at the Washington County Correctional Facility <\/a>in Arkansas. The jail released his mugshot to Page Six on March 19, in which he was seen<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/19\/celebrity-news\/19-kids-and-counting-star-joseph-duggars-mugshot-released-after-being-accused-of-molesting-child\/\"> looking disheveled<\/a> while wearing a gray T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>A minor accused Duggar of grooming and sexual assault, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. The suspected victim, now 14, told investigators that Duggar repeatedly \u201cgrazed [her] vagina\u201d with his hand during a family vacation in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The \u201cCounting On\u201d star was arrested and booked at the Washington County Correctional Facility in Arkansas earlier this month.  <span class=\"credit\">Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The accuser would also \u201csit on the defendant\u2019s lap\u201d and Duggar would \u201ccradle [her] with his arms,\u201d the affidavit read. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged sexual assault incidents happened \u201cseveral times,\u201d the victim claimed. However, they \u201cstopped occurring\u201d after Duggar allegedly \u201capproached the victim\u201d during the getaway and \u201capologized for his action,\u201d the affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six exclusively revealed last week that Dugger <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/celebrity-news\/joseph-duggars-sole-visitor-daily-jail-calls-revealed-after-child-molestation-arrest\/\">was visited by just one person <\/a>\u2014 his lawyer \u2014 while being held behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>According to his call log obtained by Page Six, Joseph called the phone numer of his wife, Kendra Dugger, every day and sometimes twice a day. He also called a management consultant, but the call was left unanswered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">littleduggarfamily\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">littleduggarfamily\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kendra <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/23\/celebrity-news\/why-joseph-and-kendra-duggar-were-charged-with-endangering-a-minor-false-imprisonment\/\">was arrested <\/a>in Arkansas on March 20 and charged with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment. Joseph was also hit with the same charges.<\/p>\n<p>Footage obtained by Page Six shows <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/23\/celebrity-news\/see-joseph-duggars-wife-kendras-arrest-video-for-alleged-child-endangerment-charges\/\">Kendra, 27, getting a pat-down<\/a> while being booked in jail. She was later released and is set to appear in court next month. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Dugger was seen in a new mugshot after he was extradited to a Florida jail on molestation charges. Page Six exclusively obtained the \u201cCounting On\u201d star\u2019s booking photo from the Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0Tuesday. He was seen smirking with messy hair as he was booked at 7:32 a.m. on Tuesday. 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