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We previously reported that Kendra Caldwell pleaded not guilty to the charges of child endangerment and false imprisonment.
Her disgraced husband, Joseph Duggar, has now done the same.
Unlike his wife, Joseph entering a plea does not mean that he’s allowed to see his kids. Or any kids, given the other charges that he’s facing.
But one detail from the court records may shine a light on the defense’s legal strategy.
He has once again pleaded ‘not guilty’
According to court documents that The Ashley acquired, Joseph entered a not guilty plea to the Arkansas charges.
Like his wife, Kendra, Joseph is facing four charges of false imprisonment and four charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Each charge is in the second degree.
He entered the plea by way of his attorney on Monday, April 27.
One interesting detail is that Joseph and Kendra have the same attorney.
Travis Story has represented the Duggar clan time and time again. In a moment, we’ll explain why this particular gig is a surprise.
Kendra also entered a not guilty plea to the same charges as Joseph. In exchange, she is now allowed contact with her children. (Joseph, obviously, is not.)
(In this Arkansas case. No charges have been filed at her in connection with Joseph’s alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl in 2020 during a Florida vacation.)
As we previously reported, authorities automatically searched the couple’s home — given the nature of Joseph’s charges.
Inside, investigators uncovered enough for eight charges for each parent. We only know a limited amount, but it appears that the children’s bedrooms locked from the outside, like prison cells.
Though the Duggar world may think nothing of mistreating children — certainly, Jim Bob and Michelle locked the children in their rooms and seemed to think that this was defensible — thankfully, that is not a universal mindset.
Wait, they have the same attorney?
Early in April, we reported on the jailhouse phone conversation between Kendra and Joseph.
“I’ve been talking to Travis,” Kendra revealed to her husband during the awkward call.
“I’ve got him as my attorney now,” she revealed. “I wasn’t sure if you knew that, I’ve asked him to be my attorney.”
Joseph replied: “I wasn’t sure who we settled with but this guy’s good.”
Kendra then corrected him: ‘Well it’s not for you, it’s only for me.” Clearly, that has now changed.
Despite confessing twice prior to his arrest, Joseph pleaded not guilty to molesting the little girl in Florida.
(One can only assume that his attorney intends to get the likely police recording of that second confession removed from evidence. But that is pure speculation.)
The disgraced Duggar is due in court on May 18.
Meanwhile, he and Kendra are both due in court in Arkansas on August 10 of this year.
Given that they now have the same attorney, we can only assume that the legal strategy will not be for, say, Kendra to throw Joseph under the bus when it comes to child endangerment.
That said, we are not legal experts. And it’s possible that Travis Story is only representing them both on a temporary basis — for paperwork and such — before court proceedings move forward in earnest.
Joseph Duggar Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea for Child Endangerment was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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A man carries a child after parking an all-terrain vehicle outside of the Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome on April 10, 2026. The hospital has a designated parking area for ATVs and snowmachines, which are heavily used for routine transportation in rural Alaska. (Photo by Yereth Rosen)
All-terrain vehicles are ubiquitous in Alaska, especially in rural areas, where they make up a key mode of transportation.
That heavy use, often on uneven terrain, leads to high numbers of injuries and deaths from ATV accidents, according to state health officials. In recent years, Alaska’s ATV-related fatality rate has been four times the national average.
The Alaska Division of Public Health’s epidemiology section released a bulletin Tuesday detailing that toll.
From 2019 to 2024, Alaska’s rate of ATV-related fatalities was quadruple the U.S. rate — 1.6 per 100,000 people in Alaska, versus 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people nationally.
During that period, the state recorded 4,421 ATV-related visits to hospital emergency departments. Seventeen percent of those cases involved traumatic brain injury, 40% involved breaks to bones other than the skull and 17% involved lacerations. Some patients had multiple types of injuries, the bulletin said.
Children were frequent victims of ATV accidents; 30% of the recorded emergency department vehicles for ATV-related injuries were among patients under 18 years of age, according to the bulletin.
Children and adolescents accounted for 15% of the state’s 71 ATV-related deaths recorded in the study years, the bulletin said.
Northern and Southwestern Alaska had the highest rates of ATV-related injuries requiring emergency department treatment, followed by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Such injuries were most likely to occur in the summer and late spring months, according to the statistics presented in the bulletin.
The statistics analyzed in the bulletin concern four- or three-wheeled ATVs, utility terrain vehicles and multi-passenger vehicles known as “side-by-sides.” They do not include snowmachines or motorcycles. And they do not include injuries that went untreated at any emergency department, the bulletin notes.
With so many young people at risk, operators of the vehicles should take care to abide by several precautions, the bulletin said. Riders should use helmets, follow speed limits and avoid intoxicants, and vehicles should not carry more passengers than their stated capacities, the bulletin said.
State agencies, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Southcentral Foundation and other organizations like Alaska Safe Rider have tried to improve ATV safety.
According to the Division of Motor Vehicles, ATVs used on public roadways must be registered, and people driving them must be licensed. But those rules and others, including one requiring passengers to wear helmets, are often ignored. The Alaska State Troopers have at times reminded residents of laws concerning ATV use.
The troopers’ public education campaign is ongoing.
“State law prohibits operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating substance whether you are on or offroad. We also strongly encourage riders to follow all safety guidelines — this includes ensuring that equipment such as headlights, taillights, and brakes are in proper working order. Wearing a helmet and other protective gear, including goggles, gloves, long pants, and over‑the‑ankle boots, is also highly recommended,” trooper spokesperson John Dougherty said by email.
Some municipalities have ordinances governing ATV use that are stricter than state law, he noted.
Safety has also been promoted by gubernatorial proclamation. Over the past few years, July has been designated as ATV/Off-Highway Vehicle Safety Awareness Month.
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Move over, Wilt Chamberlain!
There’s a new champion of male promiscuity, and his name is Ray J!
Yes, Wilt famously claimed to have slept with more than 10,000 women, but Ray says he’s thoroughly slutmogged the NBA legend.
The revelation that the R&B singer is the new King of Conquests came during a recent interview on Cam Newton’s podcast.
At one point, Ray J revealed that a strip club hosted a party to celebrate his 10,000th hookup.
“We did a celebration, Booby Trap celebrated my 10,000th,” he claimed (via Page Six). “I had about 400 or 500 girls that I f–ked with, came through, supported, it was a massive parade.”
The R&B singer, now 45, admits that he’s been forced to slow down in recent years.
“I can only f–k a thousand more b–ches,” he added. “I can’t do any more.”
When Newton called Ray J’s math into question — noting that he would have needed to sleep with one and a half women a day for 30 years — the singer pushed back.
“Yeah, the math is different ’cause when we’re on tour, we’re thinking five to ten a day,” he explained.
This is not the first time that Ray has claimed to be a member of the ultra-exclusive Five Figure Club.
“Here’s what’s crazy. I just did the big celebration. They did the whole confetti at Booby Trap,” he said during a November 2025, during his appearance on the “BagFuel” podcast (via Page Six). “I was celebrating 10,000 bodies.
“It’s probably like 11,900….. I don’t know if that’s for sure, but I know it reached 10 once I got all the way there.”
It’s been a while since we’ve seen the boastful side of the man who rose to fame with the Kim Kardashian sex tape.
In recent interviews, Ray J has claimed that he only has months to live.
“2027 is definitely a wrap for me,” he said in a video shared to social media. “That’s what they say.”
“I shouldn’t have went this hard, bro,” he continued, adding:
“My baby mama gonna be straight, my kids gonna be straight, if they wanna spend all the money, they can spend it. I did my part here.
“And damn, when it’s all done, burn me, don’t bury me.”
Needless to say, Ray J has a lot going on these days. Hopefully, it won’t interfere with his ability to hit the 13,000 milestone.
Ray J Claims to Have Slept With 12,500 Women was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Last summer, Kris Jenner debuted her new face to the world after a pricey facelift.
Many felt stunned to see the now-70-year-old resemble her daughters.
More recently, however, some fans have claimed that the plastic surgery has worn off, alleging that she’s unhappy and already looking for a cosmetic tune-up.
Kris says that these claims are all lies.
Rumors that she’s unhappy with her surgeon are a ‘flat out lie’
On the Wednesday, April 29 episode of the Khloe In Wonderland podcast, the host had her mother as a guest.
Kris condemned the rumor that claims that she is unhappy over her $100,000 facelift.
It has been a year since the surgery.
Some say that the results are no longer holding up for the 70-year-old momager.
Kris called that claim a “flat out lie.”
The momager condemned the “disappointing” headlines about her face and her alleged dissatisfaction.
She said that the reports “couldn’t be further form the truth.”
Kris went on to note that she “adores” Dr. Steven Levine, her plastic surgeon, calling him an “artist.”
She even went so far as to say that she feels “obsessed with him.”
Khloe’s mom teased: “I could give you a list of only the ones I know — I never would — but just all the people” upon whom he has operated.
Her biggest issue is that people are insulting her friend
“I’m upset that people are … blaming him,” Kris lamented.
A number of fans had, understandably, questioned why the momager would draw more attention to the rumor by addressing it.
But she explained that it’s not for her sake — but for the professional reputation of someone she admires.
“The only reason to speak up or say anything about it,” she reasoned, “is because it’s really hurting someone else.”
That makes a lot of sense. And Kris is definitely drawing more attention to the ugly rumor by addressing it.
If you haven’t seen it, there has been a lot of clickbait over the past week or so about Kris’ face.
This is particularly popular on TikTok, where essentially anyone can say anything, and where experts — real or imagined — can weigh in.
Plastic surgeons can highlight alleged problems to promote their own business. And other content creators can just yap for views that boost them in the algorithm.
But if Kris says that she’s satisfied with the plastic surgery on her face … then she’s directly refuting claims that she’s unhappy with it.
A year ago, some of these same content creators were churning out shortform videos (derogatory) about how Kris looks like Kim or even Kendall these days. They’ll find something new to yap about in a few days, we’re sure.
Kris Jenner Denies Claims She’s Unhappy with 6-Figure Facelift was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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