{"id":2353110,"date":"2026-03-31T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2353110"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:34:38","slug":"kendra-duggar-is-staying-somewhere-private-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kendra-duggar-is-staying-somewhere-private-after-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendra Duggar Is Staying Somewhere \u2018Private\u2019 After Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New audio of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/joseph-duggar\/\"><strong>Joseph Duggar<\/strong> <\/a>and wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/is-joseph-duggar-married-meet-his-wife-kendra-duggar\/\"><strong>Kendra Duggar<\/strong><\/a> shows the couple discussing her whereabouts after their arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to hear from you,\u201d Kendra, 27, told Joseph, 31, according to a March 20 collect call he placed to her from Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that was obtained by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/joseph-duggar-told-wife-kendra-he-had-usd60-in-jail-as-she-confirmed-she-is-somewhere-private-with-the-kids-11937696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Entertainment Weekly.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the audio, Kendra acknowledged that she missed Joseph\u2019s previous call. Joseph explained that he sent her a free email, while phone calls cost him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have 60 bucks, so I can at least use that to call,\u201d he shared, sharing that he had $50 in his wallet when arrested. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna use it for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that Kendra and Joseph then pivoted to talk about their children. (The couple, who tied the knot in 2017, share kids Garrett, Addison, Brooklyn and Justus.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you hear where I\u2019m at?\u201d she asked Joseph, with the outlet claiming that she seemed to know she was being recorded.<\/p>\n<p>After hesitating, Kendra shared that \u201cthey brought me to a good place to stay that\u2019s very private,\u201d to which Joseph replied, \u201cOh, praise the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph went on to note that he was in solitary confinement for \u201c23 hours of the day\u201d during his stay at the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville. Joseph noted that the \u201c8-by-10 area\u201d of the facility where he\u2019s being held is \u201cpretty small,\u201d but then said, \u201cI\u2019ve been able to read a lot actually, and resting some, but I\u2019m not sleeping great through the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News broke earlier this month that Joseph was arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious behavior involving molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older. The arrest came after a 14-year-old girl alleged that he molested her when they were on a 2020 vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida.<\/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\/joseph-duggars-wife-kendras-arrest-video-released\/\" 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\/joseph-duggars-wife-kendras-arrest-video-released\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kendra Duggar&#8217;s Arrest Video Released Amid Child Endangerment Charges<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFootage from Kendra Duggar\u2019s arrest has been released days after she was taken into police custody. The video, obtained by Us Weekly, shows Kendra, 27, wearing light blue jeans, a brown T-shirt and white slides. Kendra could be seen sitting down while handcuffed before speaking to a law enforcement officer. The short clip appeared to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While appearing in court virtually on March 20, Joseph did not enter a plea. He also waived his right to an extradition hearing. Joseph entered a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joseph-duggar-enters-not-guilty-plea-new-mugshot-released\/\">written plea of not guilty<\/a> and requested a jury trial according to records viewed by <em>Us Weekly<\/em> on Sunday, March 29. <em>Us<\/em> confirmed via the Bay County Jail on Tuesday, March 31, that Joseph was in custody in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Days after Joseph\u2019s arrest, <em>Us<\/em> confirmed that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joseph-duggars-wife-kendra-arrested-couple-facing-new-charges\/\">Kendra was also arrested<\/a> and released that same day on a $1,470 bond. Joseph and Kendra are both facing charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>A source with knowledge of the case exclusively told <em>Us<\/em> on March 21 that Kendra\u2019s arrest \u201chas nothing to do with Joseph\u2019s\u201d molestation charge. The insider claimed that \u201cone precipitated the other.\u201d<\/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>\u201cAfter his charge, they automatically do a home study if minors live there. They came to her house,\u201d the source said. \u201cApparently, they had two rooms where the lock of the doorknob was on the outside instead of inside. They arrested her and took her kids for that, saying it\u2019s evidence that she wrongly detains her kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Duggar family told <em>Us<\/em> in a statement, \u201c[Kendra\u2019s] is a misdemeanor charge totally unrelated to the Florida case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rainn.org\/help-and-healing\/hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sexual Assault Hotline<\/a> at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/childhelphotline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Help Hotline<\/a> at 1-800-422-4453.<\/em><\/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 www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New audio of Joseph Duggar and wife Kendra Duggar shows the couple discussing her whereabouts after their arrests. \u201cIt\u2019s good to hear from you,\u201d Kendra, 27, told Joseph, 31, according to a March 20 collect call he placed to her from Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that was obtained by Entertainment Weekly. 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