TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle, just days after his arrest for keeping child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said Tuesday.
Hours later, a judge allowed Markle to be released on the condition that he be electronically monitored, which typically means wearing an ankle tether. Thomas Markle was in custody awaiting a hearing in federal court in Tampa, Florida, First Assistant U.S. During his arrest last week, he was taken from a senior care center in Lakeland by ambulance. The judge also ordered a mental competency exam and a report by Nov. They have two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. She is an American citizen and actor who starred in the U.S. television drama “Suits.
He was arrested shortly after he cut off the ankle bracelet at 1:45 a.m., Essayli said. 20. His daughter, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex married Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in 2018.
Attorney Bill Essayli said. 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. She also revealed that a letter containing “troubling allegations” about him had been sent to police in London in 2019. “It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,” Meghan said of the letter. “I hope it can now be understood that, despite certain media publications’ distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children was for one reason: to protect them.”
