Joseph Duggar was seen grinning in a new mugshot after being extradited to a Florida prison on sexual abuse charges.
Page Six exclusively obtained the “Counting On” star’s booking photo from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.
In the mug shot, Duggar was seen with messy hair and a creepy smile on his face. He was booked at 7:32 a.m. Tuesday.
Duggar, 31, was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced that the TLC talent was arrested out of state on suspicion of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in Florida.
He was charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a victim under the age of 12 and lewd and lascivious acts with a victim over the age of 18.
Duggar was taken to the Washington County Correctional Facility in Arkansas. The prison released a photo of him to Page Six on March 19, showing him disheveled and wearing a gray T-shirt.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a minor accused Duggar of grooming and sexual assault. The alleged victim, now 14, told investigators that Duggar repeatedly “grazed[her]vagina” with his hand during a family vacation in 2020.
The affidavit said the accuser “sat on the defendant’s lap” and Dugger “held[her]in his arms.”
The alleged sexual assault occurred “several times”, the victim claimed. But those “no longer occurred” when Duggar allegedly “approached the victim” and “apologized for his actions” while on the run, the affidavit states.
Page Six exclusively revealed last week that Duggar was visited by only one person while he was being held in prison: his attorney.
According to call records obtained by Page Six, Joseph called his wife, Kendra Duggar’s phone number every day, sometimes twice a day. He also called a management consultant, but the phone went unanswered.
Kendra was arrested 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 charged with the same charges.
Footage obtained by Page Six shows 27-year-old Kendra being disrespected while in prison. She has since been released and is scheduled to appear in court next month.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call our Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
