Thomas Markle — the 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex — cut off his ankle monitor just days after his child porn arrest, the Department of Justice told the Associated Press Tuesday.
Markle was in custody awaiting a hearing in federal court in Tampa, Florida, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told the AP.
‘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.’
Markle was arrested shortly after he cut the electronic monitoring device off his ankle at 1:45 a.m., Essayli added to the outlet.
Markle previously was arrested Friday after the seizure of about
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