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Thomas Markle charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials: read FBI statement in full

The Independent·Riley Hoffman·4 days ago
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Warning: Some readers may find the content of the FBI statement distressing

The Duchess of Sussex’s father, 82-year-old Thomas Markle, was arrested at the Maravida Senior Living care home in Lakeland near Tampa , Florida , on Friday morning, having returned to the state to recuperate from a recent medical treatment and was pictured in a wheelchair being led away by FBI agents.

Here’s the FBI’s statement in full:

A Florida man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he kept child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, in two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for nearly two decades.

Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, is charged with one count of possession of child pornography.

Markle is expected to make his initial appearance today in United States District Court in the Middle District of Florida in Tampa.

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