法庭文件显示，苏塞克斯公爵夫人梅根关系疏远的父亲托马斯·马克尔在因持有儿童性虐待材料指控候审期间剪断脚踝监控器，其审前释放被撤销。司法部表示，马克尔于周五被捕，此前官员在他位于加利福尼亚州的储藏室中发现了儿童性虐待图像，其中包括他与未成年人的露骨性照片。他在佛罗里达州坦帕被拘留，此前他在那里以居家软禁方式获释。
Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, had his pretrial release revoked after cutting off an ankle monitor while he was awaiting trial on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials, according to court documents. Markle was arrested Friday after officials found child sexual abuse images in storage units belonging to him in California, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with minors, the Justice Department said. He was taken into custody in Tampa, Florida, where he was released under house arrest.
美国联邦检察官比尔·埃萨伊利指控称，他在周二凌晨1点45分剪断了脚踝监控器。埃萨伊利说：“我们请求法院撤销他的释放并将他审前羁押，我们将继续依法对此案进行最严厉的起诉。”周二下午，一名联邦法官下令，马克尔因违反释放条件继续被羁押。马克尔的律师在法庭文件中周二未立即回复置评请求。据法庭文件，联邦调查局调查人员在马克尔于洛杉矶租用的两个储藏室中发现了幻灯片、胶片底片和书籍，其中包括“疑似儿童色情制品”。
He cut off his ankle monitor at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli alleged. “We are asking the court to revoke his release and detain him pending trial, and we will continue to prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law,” Essayli said. A federal judge ordered Tuesday afternoon that Markle remain in custody after violating the conditions of his release. An attorney for Markle in court records did not immediately reply to a request for comment Tuesday. FBI investigators found slides, film negatives and books that included “suspected child pornography” in two storage units Markle rented in Los Angeles, according to court documents.
联邦调查局表示，胶片底片中有裸体的“青春期前”女孩与一名成年男性的图像，一名证人明确指认该男子为马克尔。根据一份刑事起诉书，其中一个储藏室里有写着“托马斯·马克尔”名字的邮件，以及一本国际驾照，上面有他的姓名和出生日期，还有一张看起来是他的照片。起诉书称，马克尔的储藏室租用时间可追溯至2008年夏天。
The film negatives included images of naked “pre-pubescent” girls with an adult male, whom a witness positively identified as Markle, the FBI said. One unit had mail bearing the name “Thomas Markle” and an international driver’s permit with his name and birth date and a photo appearing to be of him, according to a criminal complaint. Markle’s storage rentals date as far back as the summer of 2008, the complaint said.
上周的查获发生在有消息曝出数周之后，此前有报道称菲律宾已对马克尔展开调查，指控他在那里居住期间在家中保存了类似图像。当局表示，已找到数千张包含“未成年男性和女性”的照片。
The seizure last week came weeks after news emerged that an investigation had been opened into Markle in the Philippines over allegations that he kept similar images at his home while he was living there. Thousands of photos featuring “underage male and females” were recovered, authorities said.
据美联社报道，马克尔一直住在佛罗里达州的一家养老院。据报道，他在菲律宾居住期间中风并截肢一条腿后，被迫返回美国。一名法官下令对马克尔进行独立心理评估，以确定他是否具备出庭受审的能力。该命令指出，马克尔的健康状况、年龄和记忆缺失，有合理理由让人相信他可能患有某种精神“疾病或缺陷”，导致其精神上无能力受审。
Markle has been living in a senior care facility in Florida, according to The Associated Press. He was reported to have been forced to return to the U.S. after having lived in the Philippines after he sustained a stroke and a leg was amputated. A judge ordered an independent psychological evaluation to determine whether Markle was fit to stand trial. The order noted Markle’s health, age and lack of recall as reasonable cause to believe he may have some mental “disease or defect” that would render him mentally incompetent.
马克尔否认了这些指控，称其为“恶毒的谎言”。梅根和哈里王子的一位发言人拒绝就上周的逮捕事件置评。上个月，梅根透露，她多年前就已知晓针对父亲的指控。她在一份声明中说，这些指控让她“深感不安”，且多年来两人的关系一直有限。他没有出席她2018年与哈里王子的婚礼，该婚礼曾引发广泛的媒体关注。梅根表示，为了保护孩子，她也选择让7岁的阿奇王子和5岁的莉莉贝特公主远离父亲。
Markle has denied the allegations, describing them as “sick lies.”A spokesperson for Meghan and Prince Harry declined to comment on the arrest last week. Last month, Meghan revealed that she was made aware of allegations against her father years ago. She said in a statement that she was “deeply disturbed” by the allegations and that their relationship has been limited over the years. He did not attend her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018, which was the subject of widespread media scrutiny. Meghan said she has also chosen to keep her children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, away from her father for their protection.
“如今被揭露的广度比任何人所能想象的都更令人作呕，”她说。英国警方证实，梅根在2019年1月收到一封信，信中包含“许多关于英国境外涉嫌犯罪的指控”。伦敦大都会警察局因处理这些指控的方式，将自身移交给该国的警务监管机构，称其未将这些指控告知其他执法机构。
“The breadth of what has now been uncovered is more sickening than one could ever imagine,” she said. British police confirmed that Meghan was passed a letter in January 2019 that included “a number of claims about alleged offending outside the United Kingdom.”London’s Metropolitan Police referred itself to the country’s policing watchdog over the handling of the allegations, saying it had not informed other law enforcement agencies of the allegations.