Meghan Markle’s father cut off his ankle monitor and was arrested again following allegations of possessing child abuse material

Thomas Markle, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s 82-year-old father, was arrested again in the United States after cutting off his electronic monitoring device. Markle had been released on the condition that he wear an ankle monitor and remain under house arrest at a care home in Florida until trial.

The incident occurred on Tuesday, November 10, at 1:45 a.m., when the man removed the device himself, just days after he had been placed under electronic monitoring. Authorities later announced that he had been detained again and was in custody.

Markle had been arrested the previous week after approximately 78 items were seized from storage units in the Los Angeles area. They included slides, film negatives and books that investigators allege contained images depicting child sexual abuse. He is charged with possessing child pornography and denies the allegations.

The man was due to appear before a federal court in Tampa, Florida. Bill Essayli, the US deputy attorney general, confirmed the violation of his release conditions. Meanwhile, authorities have also opened investigations in the Philippines, where Markle lived for a period.