Meghan Markle's half brother is being treated as a "person of interest" by police in the Philippines as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against their father, Thomas Markle Sr. Tom Markle Jr. reported their father to police in Cebu after stating that he found child abuse material among Markle Sr's possessions in a home Markle Sr. had vacated. In a statement today, Jonvic Remulla, the interior secretary, said: "We’re determining if the son is involved.
We have witnesses who say that underage girls were being brought to his house, and we are following it up. "To accuse the father only is only half the police work. There are signs that point that the son is a person of interest.
He is not being treated as a suspect." Markle Sr. has denied all the allegations against him, describing them as "sick lies." Newsweek approached Markle Jr. for comment and is awaiting a response. Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Newsweek: "These are terms that are used by law enforcement. A suspect is a person who is the target of the investigation that they will likely arrest and charge.
A person of interest may be charged, may be arrested or may not be." To . The investigations into Thomas Markle began in the Philippines after Tom Markle Jr. reported him to local law enforcement. The son said he had found what he believed to be child abuse images among boxes of personal possessions.
Officers seized evidence from the property, where Markle Sr. had been living for some time but had vacated after returning to America. Major General Wilson Asueta, of the Philippine National Police, this week confirmed Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material [CSEAM] was believed to be among the photos and computer files seized. "We were able to find that there are files consisting of CSEAM," he said.
"This will be subjected further to analysis. These are videos of a male and female minors, others who are not minors doing sexual activities and of course, explicit materials. "We are conducting ongoing digital forensics analysis and our field investigators are also doing their best conducting investigations… to validate the information that was provided to us.
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