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Meghan Markle‘s estranged father, desperately insisted he never molested kids as claims surfaced that he kept a sick stash of child porn – even as he publicly admitted to having sex with hookers, according to a new report.
“I have never had sex with anyone under the age of 18,” Thomas Markle Sr. claimed in an interview with the Daily Mail On Sunday.
Thomas Sr. admitted to the Mail he “slept with prostitutes” when he was single and travelled to the Philippines at least twice and noted, “I like Asian women but that is not a crime.”
The denials come after the Cebu City Police Office in the Philippines announced it is investigating Thomas Sr. over child sex abuse material that was allegedly discovered in his home.
The trove of child sex images allegedly includes a 15-minute video of child pornography on an LG mobile phone of children no older than age 10 or 11, The Sun reported on Thursday.
In one of the images, a 35 mm photograph allegedly shows a bearded man resembling the Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father having sex with a young Asian girl, the Daily Mail On Sunday reported.
“I have never been in a photograph like that,” Thomas Sr., 82, denied to the Mail in the interview on Saturday.
“I’m shocked, I’m hurt and I’m very upset that my son is making these accusations against me,” Thomas Sr. told the Daily Mail Friday, slamming the “sick lies.”
“I could never do what I’m being accused of. It’s the worst thing anyone could accuse me of,” he continued.
The sick accusations came after Thomas Sr.’s son, Thomas Markle Jr., 60, allegedly discovered “hundreds, if not thousands” of child sexual abuse images in four boxes at his father’s Cebu home.
“This is bulls—t. It’s just a bunch of lies. It’s sick. I have no idea why Tom is trying to destroy me with these lies,” Thomas Sr. asserted to the publication.