Joseph Duggar appeared remotely in a Florida courtroom on Tuesday, June 16, for a motion hearing in his underage sexual assault case. The defendant had filed two motions back in May seeking to modify the conditions of his pretrial release as it relates to his unsupervised contact with minors.
Joseph Duggar Loses In Court
The first motion sought permission for Duggar to perform work at several rental properties he owns, which would place him within 500 feet of his alleged victim. The second sought to allow him unsupervised contact with his four children.
The judge denied both motions and took issue with Duggar’s assertion that he had been unable to see his children. The court noted that Duggar is not barred from contact with his children under the terms of his release, but is prohibited from being alone with them without supervision.
Joseph Appeared By Remote
On Tuesday, however, he appeared remotely by video, clean-shaven and dressed in a suit.
Duggar did not make any statements during the hearing, apart from thanking the judge at the hearing’s conclusion. The hearing lasted less than five minutes.
During the session, both Duggar’s attorney and the prosecutor agreed to keep a July date for a pretrial hearing to address any remaining motions before the trial begins in August.
A few days before the hearing, Duggar and his wife, Kendra, listed one of their Arkansas rental properties for sale, asking just over $400,000 for the three-bedroom house, which is located on more than an acre of land. This property had previously been home to Kendra’s parents and siblings until Joseph’s arrest.
The accuser, who is now 14 years old, stated in an affidavit that she was 9 and on a family vacation in Florida when “several incidents of alleged sexual abuse.”
