Meghan Markle's father arrested in US over child sex abuse images: media
MIAMI — Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, was arrested in Florida on Friday over alleged possession of images of child sexual abuse, British and US media reported. Markle, 82, was taken into custody by FBI agents at the retirement home where he lives in the town of Lakeland, the Daily Mail and New York Post said. The Daily Mail, quoting an unidentified…
Thomas Markle, 82, father of Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, was arrested in Florida on Friday, according to British and US media. He was taken into custody by FBI agents at his retirement home in Lakeland. The arrest stemmed from allegations of possession of child sexual abuse material, reported by the Daily Mail and New York Post.
An unnamed source quoted by the Daily Mail stated that Markle was charged with possessing child sexual abuse images. The FBI has not yet commented on the arrest. This comes after child sexual abuse images were reportedly found at Markle's former home in the Philippines and in a storage unit he rented in Mexico. In a recent statement, Meghan Markle expressed deep distress over the accusations against her father, noting that she had severed contact with him and her children due to alarming and disturbing allegations.
Prince Harry, the second son of King Charles III and brother of Prince William, married Meghan, an American former actress.
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