broke her silence on the arrest of her younger brother Joe and his wife Kendra on The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast on Wednesday, summarizing the series of events as 'just unthinkable.'
The reality star, 32, said, 'I did not think my heart could break like it has this week - the pain and heartbreak that we've had over this and just thinking of how it's affected so many.'
Jinger, who appeared alongside her husband and podcasting partner Jeremy Vuolo, said she was emotionally exhausted by the latest series of events.
On March 18, her brother Joe, 31, was arrested in connection with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old in connection with a 2020 incident involving a nine-year-old girl.
Joe was also charged with lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older, authorities with 's Bay County Sheriff's Office said.
Joe's wife Kendra, 27, was arrested March 20 in connection with both in the second degree, the Tontitown Police Department in announced.
Jinger Duggar broke her silence on the arrest of her younger brother Joe and his wife Kendra on The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast on Wednesday
On her podcast, Jinger said that it 'has been such a long week' and 'one of those weeks that feels like years.'
Joe, 31, was arrested in connection with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old in connection with a 2020 incident involving a nine-year-old girl
Joe's wife Kendra, 27, was arrested March 20 in connection with endangering the welfare of a minor and false imprisonment, both in the second degree
Vuolo, 38, called the news of both arrest 'devastating to hear,' and said he and his spouse have made efforts to 'think through and pray through this' disastrous situation
'You can't be prepared for news like this, even though we've experienced something very similar before, with one of my other siblings, who made unthinkable choices - decisions that have affected all of us.
