Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested by federal agents in Florida on Friday on charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 82-year-old was taken into custody at a senior care facility in Polk County and subsequently made a brief initial appearance in a federal court in Tampa.
Federal Charges and Storage Units
A 14-page federal criminal complaint outlines that agents seized roughly 78 items from two Los Angeles-area storage units rented by Markle for nearly two decades. The complaint alleges that these units contained child sexual abuse material, including sexually explicit photographs of Markle
