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Joseph Duggar's arrest is the latest fall from grace for the once picture-perfect Duggar family.

The 31-year-old has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. He is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 2020, the Bay County Sheriff's Office announced on March 18.

The seventh-eldest Duggar child, Joseph Duggar starred alongside his family on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" for seven years.

The hit series followed the family, led by parents Jim Bob and Michelle, and their ultra-conservative Christian lifestyle in rural Arkansas.

The show was canceled in 2015 after news broke that the oldest sibling, Josh Duggar, had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter when he was a teen. Josh Duggar is currently serving a more than 12-year prison sentence for downloading and possessing child pornography in a separate case.

USA TODAY has reached out to the Duggar family about Joseph Duggar's arrest.

Here's what to know about the Duggar family and the mire of scandals that followed their TV fame.

What we know about Joseph Duggar's arrest

Joseph Duggar, 31, was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl, the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Florida announced.

The victim, who was nine years old at the time of the alleged incident, told police during a forensic interview of several alleged encounters with Joseph Duggar during a family vacation in 2020.

In one instance, the victim alleged Duggar manipulated her underwear and molested her under a blanket. He also allegedly repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap in another instance.

The victim said Duggar later apologized to the victim for his actions and no other incidents occurred, according to the sheriff's office.

On March 17, the victim's father confronted Duggar about the incidents, and the reality TV alum admitted to his actions to police in Tontitown, Arkansas. Officials arrested Duggar, who is set to be extradited to Bay County, where he'll face charges.

Joseph Duggar has been married to Kendra Caldwell Duggar since 2017. They have three children together.

Duggar family woes started with Josh Duggar molestation scandal

The Duggar family was first caught in scandal when news broke in May 2015 that Josh Duggar, the family's eldest child, had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter when he was a teenager.

InTouch magazine released a 2006 police report detailing the alleged incidents, which dated back to 2002 and 2003. According to the police report, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were made aware of the incidents after they happened, but did not initially report them to police.

After the second incident in 2003, Jim Bob Duggar and the elders of his church decided to send Josh to a four-month Christian counseling program, the 2006 police report said.

When Josh returned home from the program, he and and his father told Joseph Hutchens, an Arkansas state police trooper at the time, about the abuse. Hutchens spoke to Josh Duggar but did not pursue further action, according to the report. Hutchens, who is currently serving a 56-year prison sentence for child pornography charges, later alleged the family concealed the extend of the abuse.

Police later questioned the Duggars about the incidents in 2006 after receiving an anonymous tip about abuse in the family's home. They did not press charges because the statute of limitations had expired.

After InTouch published the 2006 report in 2015, the Duggar family, including Jim Bob, Michelle and Josh, released statements about the incidents, calling them "very bad mistakes."

"As a young teenager I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret," Josh Duggar said.

"We pray that as people watch our lives, they see that we are not a perfect family. We have challenges and struggles every day," Jim Bob and Michelle said.

Josh Duggar admitted to being 'unfaithful' to wife

In August 2015, three months after the molestation scandal broke, Josh Duggar was wrapped up in another controversy after admitting he had been "unfaithful" to his wife, Anna.

After hackers released user data from the marital affair website Ashley Madison, Gawker reported that Josh Duggar had an Ashley Madison account.

Josh then released a statement admitting to having an account on the 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," his statement at the time said.

He continued: "The last few years, while publicly stating I was fighting against immorality in our country, I was hiding my own personal failings."

The same month, the Duggar family announced Josh went to rehab, though they did not specify what he was being treated for. He left rehab in March 2016.

Josh and Anna married in 2008 and have seven children together.

Josh Duggar is serving prison sentence on child pornography charge

In 2021, Josh Duggar was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography after images were discovered on a computer at his workplace.

An Arkansas jury that year found him guilty on one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks ruled to dismiss the possession charge.

In 2022, Duggar was sentenced to 151 months in prison and fined $10,000. He had faced up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count. 

Prosecutors argued in a pre-sentencing court filing that Duggar has a “deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children.” His defense maintained his innocence.

After Josh's 2021 arrest, TLC canceled the Duggar family spinoff series "Counting On."

Jana Duggar was charged with child endangerment

The family's eldest daughter, Jana Duggar, was charged with a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child in September 2021.

After the news came to light in December of that year — one day after her brother Josh was found guilty in the child pornography case — Jana Duggar took to Instagram to share the "raw facts" of the incident.

"I was babysitting a few months ago when one of the children wandered outside alone. A passerby who saw the child called the police," she wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. "This resulted in a written citation, as well as a follow-up with child welfare who concluded that it was an accident and the child was unharmed." 

She said authorities recognized the incident as "a case of a child slipping out of the house when you turn your back for a moment."

"It all happened so quickly and was scary. I am grateful for law enforcement and those who protect and serve our community," she wrote. "I was certainly never arrested like some may have implied. In the end I was just upset at myself that it had happened at all, but so thankful it all ended safely and that's truly what mattered most to me."

Jana Duggar pleaded guilty to the charge. She settled it out of court in January 2022, according to People.

'Shiny Happy People' doc alleged Duggars in cult

In 2023, a four-part limited docuseries about the Duggar family, titles "Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets," was released on Amazon Prime.

The series revealed that Jim Bob and Michelle joined an ultra-conservative religious group, the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), as a young couple. The organization, which bills itself as a resource for ministry seminars and other religious outreach, has been criticized as a cult by some past members.

"Shiny Happy People" featured interviews with members of the Duggar family and former members of IBLP. They alleged that the Duggars used the forms of child abuse promoted by IBLP teachings.

Jill Duggar Dillard, one of the Duggar children who appeared in the docuseries, said she felt obligated to defend her brother Josh against sex abuse claims, despite being one of his victims.

"I didn’t want to, but at the same time I’d never said no to my family before,” Duggar Dillard said.

Duggar Dillard also alleged she was never paid for her appearance on “19 Kids and Counting” or the spinoff series she starred in. As a result, she said she didn't have money to cover medical expenses and sometimes relied on food stamps.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar pushed back against the documentary in a statement at the time.

"The recent 'documentary' that talks about our family is sad because in it we see the media and those with ill intentions hurting people we love," they wrote. "Like other families, ours too has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, just in a very public format. This 'documentary' paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days."

Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Joy Ashford, Barbara VanDenburgh, Amy Haneline, Mary Bowerman

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at [email protected].