Kendra Duggar, the wife of former 19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of child endangerment and false imprisonment. The plea was entered in court documents filed on April 27 by her attorney, Travis W. Story, and obtained by TMZ.
Alongside the plea, Kendra successfully requested the dissolution of a no-contact order that had been in place since her arrest on March 20 in Arkansas. Her legal team argued that the alleged victims wished to restore contact and that the order hindered third-party evaluations necessary for the case. The Arkansas Department of Human Services will now assist in reunifying Kendra with the alleged victims.
A spokesperson for the Duggar family told People that Kendra's charges are "totally unrelated" to the child molestation charges Joseph Duggar faces in Florida. Joseph was arrested on March 18 and later extradited to Florida, where he pleaded not guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious behavior—molestation of a victim under 12—and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older. He was released on $600,000 bond and has since reunited with Kendra in Arkansas.
Amid the legal turmoil, Kendra's sister-in-law Anna Duggar revealed in a March 21 email that Kendra had been barred from seeing her children for a month. In a recorded jail phone call on March 24, Kendra told Joseph she was "fighting for the kids" and that they were her top priority. Joseph expressed full support, saying she "should be fighting for them the most."
E! News has reached out to Kendra's lawyer for comment but has not yet received a response.