Kendra Duggar reportedly hid in a “very private” location with her children after she was arrested on child endangerment charges last Friday.
The mother of four made the revelation in a jail phone call on March 20, just hours after her release, to speak with her husband, Joseph Duggar, who is currently being held at the Washington County Correctional Facility.
“Did you hear I was here, um, where am I and everything?” Kendra asked Joseph over the phone, according to a recording obtained by People.
Joseph then advised Kendra not to share where they were staying. Although she initially seemed to disagree with the idea, she ultimately did not reveal the location of the hideout.
“They took me to a very private place to stay,” Kendra said.
As Kendra started talking about how Joseph was doing while he was locked up in prison, we heard the sounds of children running around and playing.
“So, how are you doing?” Kendra asked.
Joseph responded that he was “trying to stay energized” and “reading the Bible,” which he said “really helped me think through all the situations, situations, and calmed me down.”
Kendra offered to bring other reading material, but Kendra did not immediately respond to her suggestion. After two minutes of no answer, Kendra hung up, but Joseph still paid the bill.
Representatives for the Duggars did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Kendra was arrested last Friday 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 charged with the same charges.
The names of the victims, Kendra and Joseph, have not been released, but their parents have been barred from contacting them due to their arrests, the Sun reported.
It is unclear whether the children heard in the recording are Joseph and Kendra’s four children.
As Page Six exclusively revealed earlier this week, Joseph, who was arrested earlier in the week on suspicion of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in Florida, has called just two people since his March 18 arrest.
Prison phone records showed Joseph, 31, called his wife’s number on March 19, but she did not answer the call. Joseph also called a management consultant on the same day, but the call remained unanswered.
On March 20, he tried his wife’s number again and spoke for eight minutes. He called her number again on March 21 and 22, and both calls lasted 21 minutes.
Joseph made two separate calls to Kendra’s number on March 23rd. The first conversation lasted approximately 20 minutes, and the second call ended after 9 minutes.
His only physical visitor was his lawyer.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
