Markle is due in court in Florida on Fridaypublished at 16:14 GMT
We can now bring you more thanks to the press release published just now by the US Department of Justice.
Thomas Markle, the release said, was “charged with one count of possession of child pornography.”
The statement alleges that Markle “kept child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, in two Los Angeles area storage units that he rented for nearly two decades.”
Providing details of the searches leading to Markle’s arrest, the statement described searches of Los Angeles storage units rented by Markle since 2008.
Inside, it said, “agents seized approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives and books containing suspected child sexual abuse material.”
Markle is expected to appear later today in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, the release added.
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