Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10)

Thomas Markle Sr., the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested in Florida on Friday in connection with allegations that he possessed child sexual abuse material, unnamed sources told CBS News and The Associated Press^1,4.

CBS said three people familiar with the matter confirmed the arrest and that one of them said the case remains under seal¹.

AP reporting carried by Local 10 said two people not authorized to discuss the investigation said federal agents took him into custody Friday morning outside Tampa⁴.

WESH ran the same AP account under a Lakeland dateline while still locating the custody near Tampa⁵.

Variety, citing CBS, said Markle is 82 and that representatives for Meghan and the FBI did not immediately comment on the arrest³.

Last month, CBS reported, Philippine authorities opened an investigation after Markle's son, Thomas Markle Jr., turned personal items over to police¹.

Markle has denied the allegations, telling the Daily Mail, as quoted by CBS, "I have never downloaded anything like that in my life"¹.

Variety restated an FBI comment from that earlier reporting that the bureau was aware of the allegations, would support Philippine authorities as appropriate, and would look at related U.S. federal claims³.

Meghan said in an October statement, as summarized by Variety and CBS, that she had been aware of allegations since 2018, that a letter was shared with U.K. authorities, and that she and Prince Harry cut her father off from contact with their children^1,3.

No charging document was public in the accounts reviewed Friday, and official confirmation from the FBI or a court was not in those reports^1,3,4.