Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the release of Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after the 82-year-old allegedly cut off an ankle monitor while awaiting trial over the possession of child sexual abuse materials.
\n\nMarkle was arrested on Friday after officials found child sexual abuse images in storage units belonging to him in California, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with minors, the Justice Department said. He was taken into custody in Tampa, Florida, where he was released under house arrest.
\n\nHe allegedly cut off his ankle monitor at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Tuesday.
\n\n“We are asking the court to revoke his release and detain him pending trial, and we will continue to prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law,” Essayli said.
\n\nFBI investigators found slides, film negatives, and books that contained “suspected child pornography” in two storage units rented by Markle in Los Angeles, according to court documents. The film negatives including images of naked “pre-pubescent” girls with an adult male, who a witness positively identified as Markle, the FBI said.
\n\nOne unit had mail bearing the name Thomas Markle and an international driver’s…
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