Josh Duggarhas been arrested and is being held without bond in an Arkansas jail.
Representatives for Josh and for TLC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
Josh, 33, has faced various controversies since entering the public eye with his family on TLC reality series,19 Kids and Counting.
In mid-May 2015, Josh apologized for his “wrongdoing” after a 2006 police report revealed that he had been investigated as a teen for inappropriately touching five underage girls. His sisters Jill, 29, and Jessa, 28, subsequentlystepped forward as two of the victims.
Josh Duggar.courtesy Washington county arkansas
Months later, in August 2015,Gawkerreported that the oldest Duggar son appeared to have had active accounts onAshley Madison, a website created to facilitate cheating on your spouse.
Josh ultimately confessed to having a pornography addiction and cheating on wifeAnna Duggarin anapologetic statementon the Duggar family website.
“I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife. I am so ashamed of the double life that I have been living and am grieved for the hurt, pain and disgrace my sin has caused my wife and family, and most of all Jesus and all those who profess faith in Him,” the statement read.
Josh Duggar in 2015.Kris Connor/Getty Images
Most recently, Josh faced a real estate lawsuit in 2019. In September of that year, KARK.comreportedthat a three-day jury trial is set for Josh, who is “accused of fraud and is being sued for ‘quiet title’ and breaching a contract, according to court records.”
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Various outlets had previously reported that Homeland Security had raided the Duggar family home, which they denied.
source: people.com
