# Thomas Markle cut off his ankle monitor after child porn arrest, prosecutors say, as they demand for him to be held in jail

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/thomas-markle-cut-off-his-ankle-monitor-after-child-porn-arrest-prosecutors-say-as-they-demand-for-him-to-be-held-in-jail/
- Published: 2026-11-10T20:15:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16282493/Thomas-Markle-cut-ankle-monitor-child-abuse-court.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Prosecutors allege Markle cut off his ankle monitor.
- They want him detained pending trial.
- He faces one charge and has not entered a plea.

## Summary

Prosecutors say Thomas Markle cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting trial on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material. They are asking a judge to revoke his release and detain him, alleging he removed the device at about 1.45am on Tuesday; the US Marshals Service says it is working to establish what happened.

Markle, 82, was arrested in Florida and released on bond, with an order to live under house arrest at his care home. The facility reportedly refused to take him back, and he was released to the custody of another daughter in Florida. Investigators seized about 78 items, including slides, film negatives and books, from storage in the Los Angeles area; Markle has not entered a plea, and a mental competency examination was ordered ahead of a hearing scheduled for 20 November.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Thomas Markle cut off his ankle monitor after child porn arrest, prosecutors say, as they demand for him to be held in jail](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16282493/Thomas-Markle-cut-ankle-monitor-child-abuse-court.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Daily Mail: MAGA firebrand Anna Paulina Luna demands 'death penalty' for Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas after bombshell child porn charge](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16282313/anna-paulina-luna-thomas-markle-child-porn-charge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Fox News: Thomas Markle allegedly cut off ankle monitor after child sexual abuse material arrest](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/thomas-markle-allegedly-cut-off-ankle-monitor-after-child-sexual-abuse-material-arrest)
- [PBS NewsHour: Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, cut off his ankle monitor while awaiting hearing, DOJ says](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/thomas-markle-father-of-meghan-cut-off-his-ankle-monitor-while-awaiting-hearing-doj-says)

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