Thomas markle

There are many crimes that Thomas Markle may or may not be guilty of, specifically involving the possession of child abuse material, but not everyone would go quite as far as the Florida congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. She posted on X that “I am calling for Thomas Markle to receive [sic] the Death Penalty. Agents seized items from his LA storage units including film negatives showing him (ID'd by a longtime witness) with a nude prepubescent girl, one involving apparent genital contact, plus other images of him with children in various stages of undress.” She concluded, at the end of her bloodthirsty tweet, “He is a sick human.”  Luna, admittedly, has form in such eye-catching (and frankly preposterous) statements.

The news, when it broke last night, was undeniably eye-catching. Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was reported to have been in the possession of thousands of images of child sexual abuse, which were discovered at his home in the Philippines. His son, the imaginatively named Thomas Markle Jr., told the British newspaper The Sun that “When I found this material, I was horrified and I had no option but to report my dad. I have supported, cared for him and helped him for years – but that stops now. I won’t speak to my father ever again unless I’m called to give evidence against him.” Meghan herself went further.