Jinger Duggar breaks silence on brother Joseph's arrest

Jinger Duggar is speaking out after her brother Joseph Duggar was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor, who was nine at the time of the abuse.

Jinger Duggar is speaking out after her brother Joseph and sister-in-law Kendra Duggar were arrested.

The Duggar family, which lay at the center of the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," is once again mired in scandal after news broke last week that Joseph, 31, was accused of molesting a minor.

Joseph was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving sexual activity with a 14-year-old female victim who was nine at the time of the alleged incident, the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Florida announced on Wednesday, March 18. Kendra, 27, was charged alongside her husband with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and four counts of false imprisonment in Arkansas, the Tontitown Police Department announced on Friday, March 20.

Jinger, 32, addressed her brother's arrest during a Wednesday, March 25 episode of her podcast "Jinger & Jeremy," saying it had "been such a long week" and "one of those weeks that feels like years."

USA TODAY could not determine an attorney representing Joseph or Kendra Duggar and reached out to the Duggar family and the Washington County Sheriff's Office for comment on March 20.