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FILE - Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, takes part in the Scar Tree Walk in Melbourne, Australia on April 16, 2026.
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A prosecutor says 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. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Tuesday that Thomas Markle was in custody awaiting a hearing in federal court in Tampa, Florida. Essayli says Markle was arrested shortly after he cut off the ankle bracelet at 1:45 a.m. Markle’s arrest on Friday followed the seizure of approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books that contained suspected child sexual abuse images in storage in the Los Angeles area.
