MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said it is investigating reports involving an octogenarian American national who left child abuse videos and photos in his home in Cebu province.
DOJ Undersecretary Nicholas Ty told the Philippine News Agency that the department’s Anti-Trafficking and OSAEC (online sexual abuse and exploitation of children) task force “is currently investigating the matter” involving Thomas Markle Sr., after his son claimed he discovered stash of illicit materials in his home.
Thomas Sr., the 82-year-old estranged father of the United Kingdom’s Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, has flown to the United States for medical treatment.
International media reports quoting British newspaper The Sun said Meghan’s half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., discovered the illicit materials at their father’s home inside four large boxes.
Thomas Jr. allegedly found videos of girls no older than 10 or 11 years old engaged in sexual acts, as well as a 15-minute video of naked girls on his father’s old cellphone. He also claimed to have found three photos of naked girls.
Thomas Jr. told The Sun that one image appeared to have been taken at his father’s former home in Rosarito, Mexico. (Ben Pulta/PNA)
