Meghan Markle’s estranged father Thomas Markle arrested in Florida

Crime

By Linda Ikeji
6 November 2026, 5:37 pm

Thomas Markle, Sr., the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has reportedly been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Florida

Markle was arrested at Maravida Senior Living, a specialised aged care facility in North Lakeland, Florida, over his alleged possession of kid pornography, the Daily Mail reported Friday, November 6.

The arrest comes within the wake of allegations of kid pornography possession and youngster sexual abuse towards Thomas Sr. He beforehand acknowledged to theMail on Sundaythat he paid for intercourse with grownup ladies within the Philippines, however he denied ever having intercourse with anybody underneath the age of 18 or possessing youngster sexual abuse materials.

Thomas Sr.’s son, Meghan’s half-brother Thomas Markle Jr., reported his father to authorities after he claimed to have found youngster pornographic materials at his father’s residence within the Philippines. (Thomas Jr. was just lately named a “person of interest,” in response to authorities within the Philippines.)

Police within the Philippines alleged throughout a Nov. 3 press convention that youngster intercourse abuse photos had been present in Thomas Sr.’s residence as they searched by means of computer systems, telephones, and storage units positioned on the Cebu City residence, in response to The Times.

Additionally, Mexican authorities reportedly raided Thomas Sr.’s former storage unit in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, over the weekend afterThe Daily Mail claimed to have discovered specific pictures and magazines that includes younger women within the deserted unit.

His arrest follows studies by The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper, that Meghan’s brother discovered a group of kid sexual abuse photos whereas clearing out the house of their father within the Philippines.

Meghan Markle, the spouse of Prince Harry, just lately stated she was “deeply distressed” by allegations {that a} assortment of kid sexual abuse photos had been discovered at her father’s former residence. She additionally revealed {that a} letter containing “troubling allegations” about him had been despatched to London police in 2018.

“It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father, and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,” Meghan stated 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.”