Meghan Markle's Father Jailed Again After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor

The 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was ordered to jail Tuesday because he removed an electronic monitoring device from his ankle, just days after he was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material.Thomas Markle was arrested and appeared in federal court in Tampa, Florida, after authorities learned he had cut off the device at 1:45 a.m., First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said."Release conditions are court orders, not suggestions," he said.Markle's arrest on Friday in Lakeland, Florida, followed the seizure of approximately 78 items from storage units in the Los Angeles area, including slides, film negatives and books that contained suspected child sexual abuse images, said Essayli, a federal prosecutor in California.He was living in a senior care center at the time, but US Magistrate Judge Lindsay Griffin agreed Tuesday that Markle now must be kept in custody.
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