Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the release of Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after he cut off an ankle monitor while he was awaiting trial on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials, the Justice Department said.
\n\nMarkle was arrested 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 cut off his ankle monitor at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli alleged.
\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 included “suspected child pornography” in two storage units Markle rented in Los Angeles, according to court documents. The film negatives included images of naked “pre-pubescent” girls with an adult male, whom a witness positively identified as Markle, the FBI said.
\n\nOne unit had mail bearing the name “Thomas Markle” and an international…
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