{"id":663341,"date":"2026-11-01T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663341\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T05:40:10","slug":"thomas-markle-sr-seen-in-public-for-first-time-since-child-porn-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663341\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Markle Sr. seen in public for first time since child porn allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Markle Sr. was spotted in public for the first time since reported investigations over child sex abuse images<\/a> allegedly found in his Philippines house have taken place.<\/p>\n

Markle Sr., 82, was seen being moved between care facilities in Lakeland, Florida, on Saturday, in photos obtained by Page Six. The former Hollywood lighting director was being pushed in a wheelchair by aides. <\/p>\n

Markle Sr. left his home in Cebu in May for Florida following a stroke that led to a blood clot, and the subsequent amputation of his left leg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Markle Sr. (seen above) was spotted in public for the first time since reported investigations over child sex abuse images allegedly found in his Philippines house have taken place. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Markle Sr. was snapped in photos being moved between care facilities in Lakeland, Florida, Saturday. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

News broke last week that Thomas Jr. had allegedly found \u201chundreds, if not thousands\u201d of child sex abuse images in four large boxes at his dad\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

Thomas Jr., 60, told the Sun he was looking for a phone belonging to Thomas Sr.\u2019s much-younger Filipino girlfriend<\/a> when he stumbled upon the alleged photos \u201cmixed up with innocent family mementos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas Jr. said he was \u201chorrified\u201d by the \u201chuge piles of evidence\u201d<\/a> and felt he had \u201cno option but to report\u201d his father.<\/p>\n

The 82-year-old had his left leg amputated following a blood clot earlier this year. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

He was seen being wheeled in a chair by aides. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

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Thomas Sr. subsequently accused his son of telling \u201csick lies\u201d<\/a> and described the \u201cbulls\u2013t\u201d allegations as \u201cthe worst thing anyone could accuse [him] of.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Thomas Sr.\u2019s daughter, Meghan Markle\u2014 who\u00a0married Prince Harry<\/a>\u00a0in May 2018 \u2014 told Page Six she learned of her estranged dad\u2019s alleged wrongdoing after the wedding<\/a> via a letter sent to London\u2019s Metropolitan Police<\/a>, and has maintained distance from her father since out of concern for her young children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Samantha Markle, Thomas Sr.\u2019s daughter, has defended her father amid the allegations<\/a>, claiming her brother Thomas Jr. \u201cwants revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

News broke last week that his son, Thomas Jr., had allegedly found \u201chundreds, if not thousands\u201d of child sex abuse images in four large boxes at his dad\u2019s home. Thomas Sr. has denied the allegations. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

His daughter, Meghan Markle, says she has maintained distance from her father out of concern for her young children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5. LB\/GDoggy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Thomas Sr. could face charges following a thorough investigation, Page Six reported Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice\u2019s Office of the Regional Prosecutor VII (Central Visayas, Philippines) told us Friday that \u201cappropriate legal action may be pursued\u201d once investigators complete an \u201cexamination of the alleged devices and other materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

The regional prosecutor confirmed that the Cebu Police Office, through its Women and Children Protection Unit, has obtained a warrant to search though \u201cthe devices and other materials turned over to the police<\/a>\u201d by Thomas Jr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Markle Sr. was spotted in public for the first time since reported investigations over child sex abuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[100106,3990,298711,146,85,46,2051,38739],"class_list":["post-663341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-crimes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-child-pornography","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-meghan-markle","tag-thomas-markle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}