Kendra Duggar shared that the whole Duggar family has allegedly been helping her and husband Joseph Duggar amid their recent legal woes.
“Tell [sister Joy-Anna Duggar] thank you for me, and I love her so much,” Joseph, 31, said in a call with his wife, 27, according to audio obtained by Us Weekly via Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, April 8. “She’s just been amazing, sounds like for you, through all this.”
Joseph also wanted to share his appreciation for his mom, Michelle Duggar, for being by Kendra’s side.
“I want to be sure that you tell her specifically. And Mama, those two,” he continued. “I don’t know who all else is involved.”
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Kendra reassured him that the “entire family” has been by her side since Joseph’s arrest. She explained that everyone has been “helping” out in any way that they can, whether that be with Kendra and Joseph’s four children or sorting out some of the pair’s legal issues with an attorney.
“The whole family, I think they just genuinely are like, ‘We love you guys and are here for you,’” Kendra said. “They said, ‘We don’t want to make any decisions for you.’ They just said, ‘We’re here to support you.’ And I’ve been struggling because I was like, I just need to know what’s going on in some regard, but I can’t carry the load at all.”
Joseph acknowledged it can be “hard to receive help” and expressed his appreciation for his family.
“That’s what we were realizing, actually, right before all this broke out, was that, hey, we actually need to be around people, because we’ve been away from people for so long, we just need that,” he said. “It was healthy for us to be around people. And so I think that’s good you’re realizing that still.”
Last month, Us confirmed that Joseph was arrested in Arkansas after being accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, who was 9 years old at the time of the alleged incident. Joseph was charged with 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. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Two days later, Kendra was booked and released that same day on a $1,470 bond. Kendra and Joseph are both facing charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment. The charges are not related to Joseph’s molestation case.
Joseph was later released from a Florida jail after posting $600,000 bail. Kendra reportedly put her family’s home up for rent and sold personal items to pay for Joseph’s bond. Kendra’s parents also created a GoFundMe page to raise funds to “cover displacement expenses.”
Following his release, Joseph and Kendra were reunited, the Counting On alum’s lawyer confirmed to People on Wednesday.
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.
