{
  "id": 19394394,
  "title": "Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, cut off ankle monitor after arrest in child abuse material case: DOJ",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/meghan-markles-father-thomas-markle-cut-off-ankle-monitor-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T20:54:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/meghan-markles-father-thomas-markle-cut-off-ankle-monitor-after-arrest-in-child-abuse-material-case-doj-101794343010821.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thomas Markle, the 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, removed an electronic monitoring device from his ankle just days after his arrest for possessing child sexual abuse material. The arrest took place on Friday in Tampa, Florida, where Markle was awaiting a hearing in federal court. He was taken from a senior care center in Lakeland by ambulance shortly after cutting off the ankle bracelet at 1:45 a.m. His arrest followed the seizure of approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books with suspected child sexual abuse images found in storage units in the Los Angeles area. Markle was released on the condition that he be electronically monitored, along with a mental competency exam and a report by November 20. Meghan, who is an American citizen and actress, recently expressed her distress over the allegations, stating that her father's actions were to protect their children. Thomas Markle, who lived in the Philippines this year and suffered a stroke that led to the amputation of his left leg, returned to the U.S. following reports of child sexual abuse images found at his father's former home in the Philippines.",
  "summary": "Meghan 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.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}