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Meghan's father arrested, cuts off ankle monitor
Thomas Markle Sr was arrested for keeping child sexual abuse material and removed his electronic monitoring device days later, authorities say.
In brief
Thomas Markle Sr was arrested for keeping child sexual abuse material and removed his electronic monitoring device days later, authorities say. Thomas Markle Sr, estranged father of Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material and cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting a…
Markle arrested, removes monitor
Thomas Markle Sr, eighty-two, estranged father of Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in California storage units.
Material seized from storage units
Authorities seized approximately seventy-eight items including slides, film negatives and books containing suspected child sexual abuse images from storage in the Los Angeles area after Markle's arrest on Friday.
Meghan responds to allegations
Meghan said she was deeply distressed by the allegations and revealed a letter with troubling allegations about her father had been sent to police in London in two thousand nineteen.
“any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children was for one reason: to protect them.”
Markle in custody awaiting hearing
Thomas Markle was arrested at one forty-five am after cutting off his ankle bracelet and is in custody awaiting a federal court hearing in Tampa, Florida.
At a glance
Thomas Markle Sr, estranged father of Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material and cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting a federal court hearing in Tampa, Florida.
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