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Kendra Duggar is responding to allegations.
The wife of 19 Kids and Counting alum Joseph Duggar pleaded not guilty to four counts of child endangerment and false imprisonment, according to court documents obtained by TMZ on April 27.
Kendra, who has four young children with Joseph, was also granted her request to dissolve a no-contact order that had been in place since March 20, the day she was arrested in Arkansas, according to court documents.
According to TMZ, Kendra's legal team argued in a filing that the alleged victims wanted contact with her restored and that continuing the restriction would prevent third-party evaluations related to the case. Court documents state that the Arkansas Department of Human Services will now be able to help facilitate reunification between Kendra and the alleged victims.
A Duggar family spokesperson told People that Kendra's charges are "totally unrelated" to the child molestation charges her husband, who was arrested on March 18, is facing in Florida.
During the couple's legal problems, Kendra's sister-in-law Anna Duggar previously informed Joseph, 31, in jail, via email, that his wife had been barred from seeing their children.
“She was strong on the phone call, except for when she talked about it being a month before she could see the kids,” Anna wrote in a March 21 email obtained by E! News through the Freedom of Information Act. “My heart breaks for all of you."
Kendra was able to reach Joseph later, telling him in a March 24 jail phone call recording also obtained by E! that she was "fighting for the kids."
"They're my number one priority right now," Kendra told her husband of almost nine years, who replied that he was “100 percent behind” her and confirmed that she "should be fighting for them the most."
She continued, "I just want you to know, through all of this, whatever happens, that's who's coming first."
Joseph Duggar was extradited to Florida after his arrest in Arkansas and pleaded not guilty to charges of lewd behavior towards a victim under 12 and another count involving a person over 18. He was released on a $600,000 bond and returned to Arkansas, reuniting with his wife Kendra but prohibited from contacting minors, including his alleged victim. Additionally, Duggar faces charges of child endangerment and false imprisonment in Arkansas, with his plea status currently unknown.
