Joseph, Kendra Duggar break down their financial woes in jail phone call
Disgraced reality stars Joseph and Kendra Duggar are trying to sell off their possessions to pay for a mounting pile of bills.
The couple broke down their financial woes in a 20-minute call while Joseph was locked up at Arkansas’ Washington County Correctional Facility last month.
In the call, obtained by Page Six, Kendra told Joseph that she didn’t know the exact cost they owe for a recent construction project, but that they “do need to pay” someone named Gale.
Joseph, 31, asked if they owed $3,200, but Kendra, 27, said that according to Joseph’s brother, Jed Duggar, the amount was $6,200.
The former “Counting On” star also told Kendra that they owe one construction firm $3,200 and a structural engineer $600 for work on their damaged home.
Earlier in the conversation, the couple — who share four children — discussed selling off their possessions to make money amid their legal woes.
“Maybe Jed can help us sell that one truck that we haven’t sold,” Joseph suggested to Kendra, who told her husband that his brother “already” had the truck “on the lot.”
Kendra also shared that Jed was considering selling more of Joseph’s possessions, including his trailer.
“So we need to talk about maybe next time, if you want to talk about selling some of the other things,” Kendra said.
Joseph agreed that since he has “multiple trailers,” he can keep the one Kendra was talking about and “get rid of the rest.”
Kendra told Joseph he could keep the tools for his trailer in the office garage area and sell the trailer “to get a little bit of cash.”
Joseph was held at the Arkansas jail for over a week after he was arrested on March 18 for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl in 2020.
The reality star was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving a victim younger than the age of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 or older.
Joseph was extradited to Florida last week, where he entered a not guilty plea. He was released on $600,000 bond and has been ordered to not have unsupervised contact with any minors.
Page Six exclusively revealed that Joseph called Kendra every day while being held at the Washington County Correctional Facility.
During one call obtained by Page Six, Kendra told her husband that her anxiety is “on a whole other level” following his arrest.
“I didn’t know what to do or what to say or what to talk about … I was kind of just spiraling downhill,” she said.
Kendra also told Joseph that she was having trouble eating because of her anxiety.
Both Joseph and Kendra are also facing additional charges in Arkansas involving second-degree counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, and four second-degree counts of false imprisonment.
They were charged on March 20 and Kendra was released on bond after turning herself in.
The couple are due back in court for the charges on April 29, while Joseph’s next court date for his child molestation case is scheduled for April 20 in Florida.
