Meghan Markle’s father arrested in US over alleged child sex abuse photos

The estranged father of Britain’s Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, has been arrested in the United States on a charge of possession of child sexual abuse material. “Mr Markle allegedly targeted innocent children and sought to steal their innocence through his criminal actions”, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel said on Thursday. According to the Justice Department, authorities learned in October that an individual signed an affidavit stating they had discovered child sex abuse material among Markle’s possessions in the Philippines.

Law enforcement interviewed a separate individual who told them the 82-year-old had rented a storage unit near Los Angeles since 2008. Information gathered from the first individual led to the discovery of a second unit. After receiving warrants, the Justice Department said FBI agents searched the two units registered to Thomas.

Inside, they found 78 items, including photos, film negatives and books that contained explicit imagery of him with underage girls. The affidavit described three of those photographs.