minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWe previously reported that Kendra Caldwell pleaded not guilty to the charges of child endangerment and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Her disgraced husband, Joseph Duggar, has now done the same.<\/p>\n
Unlike his wife, Joseph entering a plea does not mean that he\u2019s allowed to see his kids. Or any<\/em> kids, given the other charges that he\u2019s facing.<\/p>\nBut one detail from the court records may shine a light on the defense\u2019s legal strategy.<\/p>\nJoseph Duggar has been arrested for the alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl. (Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHe has once again pleaded \u2018not guilty\u2019<\/h2>\n According to court documents that The Ashley<\/em> acquired, Joseph entered a not guilty plea to the Arkansas charges.<\/p>\nLike his wife, Kendra, Joseph is facing four charges of false imprisonment and four charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Each charge is in the second degree.<\/p>\n
He entered the plea by way of his attorney on Monday, April 27.<\/p>\n
One interesting detail is that Joseph and Kendra have the same attorney.<\/p>\n
Travis Story has represented the Duggar clan time and time again. In a moment, we\u2019ll explain why this particular <\/em>gig is a surprise.<\/p>\nFollowing her arrest, Kendra Caldwell Duggar posed for a mugshot. (Photo Credit: Washington County Detention Center)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKendra also entered a not guilty plea to the same charges as Joseph. In exchange, she is now allowed contact with her children. (Joseph, obviously, is not.)<\/p>\n
(In this Arkansas case. No charges have been filed at her in connection with Joseph\u2019s alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl in 2020 during a Florida vacation.)<\/p>\n
As we previously reported, authorities automatically searched the couple\u2019s home \u2014 given the nature of Joseph\u2019s charges.<\/p>\n
Inside, investigators uncovered enough for eight charges for each parent. We only know a limited amount, but it appears that the children\u2019s bedrooms locked from the outside, like prison cells.<\/p>\n
Though the Duggar world may think nothing of mistreating children \u2014 certainly, Jim Bob and Michelle locked the children in their rooms and seemed to think that this was defensible \u2014 thankfully, that is not a universal mindset.<\/p>\nJoseph Duggar has been extradited to Florida, where he\u2019ll be arraigned on child molestation charges. (Bay County Sheriff\u2019s Department)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWait, they have the same attorney?<\/h2>\n Early in April, we reported on the jailhouse phone conversation between Kendra and Joseph.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been talking to Travis,\u201d Kendra revealed to her husband during the awkward call.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got him as my attorney now,\u201d she revealed. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure if you knew that, I\u2019ve asked him to be my attorney.\u201d <\/p>\n
Joseph replied: \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure who we settled with but this guy\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kendra then corrected him: \u2018Well it\u2019s not for you, it\u2019s only for me.\u201d Clearly, that has now changed.<\/p>\nIn this still from the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a handcuffed Kendra Caldwell Duggar sits and speaks to a law enforcement officer. (Image Credit: Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDespite confessing twice prior to his arrest, Joseph pleaded not guilty to molesting the little girl in Florida.<\/p>\n
(One can only assume that his attorney intends to get the likely police recording of that second confession removed from evidence. But that is pure speculation.)<\/p>\n
The disgraced Duggar is due in court on May 18.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he and Kendra are both due in court in Arkansas on August 10 of this year.<\/p>\n
Given that they now have the same attorney, we can only assume that the legal strategy will not be for, say, Kendra to throw Joseph under the bus when it comes to child endangerment.<\/p>\n
That said, we are not legal experts. And it\u2019s possible that Travis Story is only representing them both on a temporary basis \u2014 for paperwork and such \u2014 before court proceedings move forward in earnest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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