Latest / Fresh Intelligence / Kendra Duggar Reveals the Four Children She Shares with husband Joseph No Longer Live With Her Following the Couple's Arrest
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Joseph Dugger's wife, Kendra, informed him in a jail phone call that their four children are no longer living with her following their arrests.
- 0:25[SPEAKER_00]: Kendra reassured Joseph, stating, from what I can hear, they're doing good as they were reportedly moved to a private residence.
- 0:33[SPEAKER_00]: In late March, both Joseph, 31, and Kendra, 27, were arrested after a search by the Tonti Town Police Department and the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
- 0:43[SPEAKER_00]: Joseph's arrest occurred on March 18, followed by Kendra's on March 20, although she was released shortly after on a $1,470 bond.
- 0:52[SPEAKER_00]: During the March 22 call, an emotional Kendra expressed her despair about the separation, stating,
- 1:01[SPEAKER_00]: They were who I was just going to pour my life into.
- 1:04[SPEAKER_00]: Joseph echoed her sentiment, recognizing their children as her purpose right now.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: Joseph faces serious charges, including Lude and Lassibius behavior for allegedly molesting a victim under 12 during a 2020 vacation in Florida.
- 1:16[SPEAKER_00]: Kendra faces four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment.
- 1:22[SPEAKER_00]: Kendra described her struggles in the call saying, I think Friday has probably been my hardest day, but that's crazy to say because Wednesday was crazy hard.
- 1:30[SPEAKER_00]: She emphasized, I'm fighting for the kids and they're my number one priority right now, to which Joseph affirmed his support, saying he's 100% behind her.
- 1:39[SPEAKER_00]: Kendra, who married Joseph in 2017, reassured him that their children come first, then we'll just see where the rest of it leads us and try to put the pieces together.
- 1:48[SPEAKER_00]: Before they're call ended, she reminded him that their children love him.
- 1:52[SPEAKER_00]: After posting a $600,000 bond, Joseph returned to Arkansas on Tuesday, but Judge Bratley Clark has mandated he maintained no-one supervised contact with anyone under 18.
- 2:02[SPEAKER_00]: He is scheduled to appear in court again on April 20th.
- 2:05[SPEAKER_00]: Recently, Joseph was spotted publicly for the first time since his release, dining with his father, Jim Bob, at Northwest Florida Beach's International Airport.
- 2:14[SPEAKER_01]: Details of their conversation remain unclear, although Joseph was seen gesturing to his father.