Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Prince Harry's wife Meghan, has been arrested on charges related to child sexual abuse material, sources told the . Markle was reportedly arrested by FBI agents at Maravida Senior Living care home in Lakeland, Florida. The 82-year-old was taken into custody near Tampa.
The Duchess of Sussex recently said she was “deeply distressed” by allegations that a collection of child sexual abuse images had been found at her father’s former home in the Philippines. She also revealed that a letter containing “troubling allegations” about him had been sent to London police in 2018. Officers in the Philippines had seized evidence from the property, where Markle had been living for some time but had vacated after returning to America.
This week, Major General Wilson Asueta, of the Philippine National Police, confirmed Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material [CSEAM] was believed to be among the photos and computer files seized from the property. It was later revealed that Meghan's half brother Thomas Markle Jr, who reported their father to police in Cebu, was being treated as a "person of interest" by police in the Philippines as part of the investigation. This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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