The Daily Mail has referred Thomas Markle, the estranged father of the Duchess of Sussex, to the FBI after reporting that sexually explicit material involving children was found in a storage unit he rented near his former home in Mexico.

The material reportedly includes books about pedophilia, magazines depicting the sexual abuse of children and loose photographs of naked Asian women—some of whom appear, according to the publication, to be unusually young.

The Daily Mail traveled to Rosarito Beach, Mexico, to investigate Markle’s former life there after being told that he had rented and later abandoned a storage unit.

Receipts reviewed by the publication show that Markle rented the 5ft-by-10ft unit in 2017, six years after relocating to Rosarito, about 10 miles from the US border.

The Daily Mail said its reporter was allowed to enter the unit after Markle allegedly fell behind on lease payments for two years.

The reported contents include magazines published in Asia and depicting child sexual abuse, alongside family keepsakes, photographs and personal letters.

The publication also reported finding 35mm negatives showing what appear to be random, voyeuristic images of children on a beach. Other negatives allegedly depict a woman bound or “hogtied” while being directed by a man during a photo session.

The discovery came as police secured a warrant to examine child-sex images allegedly found among boxes of Markle’s possessions at his son’s home in the Philippines, where he moved after leaving Rosarito in January 2025.

Earlier this week, Filipino official Jonvic Remulla said the 82-year-old former Hollywood lighting technician could be a “sex offender of the grossest kind.” Remulla said “all signs” indicated that a serious offense may have been committed.

The investigation began after Thomas Markle Jr. brought the reported stash to the attention of the Philippine National Police.

Markle denies any wrongdoing.

The reported discovery at the Mexican facility, located about three miles from Markle’s former residence, adds another dramatic turn to a case that could result in a prison sentence of 10 to 12 years if he is charged and convicted.

Markle was living in Rosarito when his relationship with Meghan deteriorated. Before her 2018 wedding, he was caught working privately with a paparazzi photographer to stage a series of photographs, despite Prince Harry’s appeals for the media to give his future father-in-law privacy.

Most of the photographs found in the unit’s 20 boxes appear to date from the period when Markle was in his 40s or 50s. He was 43 when he and Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, divorced in 1987 after eight years of marriage.

Nearly half of the 31 black-and-white photographs, each measuring roughly 10 inches by 8 inches, appear to show the same girl. In one image, Markle—bearded and dressed in a polo shirt and jeans—sits on a hotel bed beside her, holding a cigarette in his right hand and looking toward the camera.

The girl appears relaxed and smiling. She is pictured wearing a white lace top, a white belt and dark jeans, while holding a small bag.

But in the same hotel room she is also photographed naked and leaning forward, a necklace with a heart emblem around her neck.

Sixteen more 10x8inch black and white prints show various other naked girls. There is no evidence that Markle had sex with any of them. 

Elsewhere in the storage unit are more than 50 video tapes, with titles such as ‘Boys – Brother and Sister – Russian XX’ and ‘Manila Nites.’ Precisely what is on these tapes is currently unknown.

A stack of books includes titles such as Forbidden Sexual Behavior and Morality, The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People and The Invisible Children.

He also has the book Victorian Children, which contains photos of naked young girls from that era; Young Aphrodites, which pictures young girls; David Hamilton’s Private Collection, with photos of young girls; and Hollywood Lolitas. There is a soft-cover book called Le Fairy, again printed in the Far East, which contains naked photos of girls who appear pre-pubescent. 

There is also a paper plate with the words ‘DARK WEB’ scribbled in red ink alongside various URLs.

Markle has seven hard drives stripped from computers in the storage unit.

There is also an old computer tower, with a paper taped to it that reads ‘Overheated… Virus!’ 

Also stuck on the tower are instructions on how to run the WinCleaner program, which wipes hard drives of all information, along with an activation code. 

Four computer pen drives are in the unit along with two digital cameras from the early 2000s and two cameras designed for use by children. There is also an old Apple computer. 

It is unknown what remains stored on any of the devices. 

Markle did not respond to the Daily Mail’s several attempts to reach him for comment. 

Our reporter is told that he visited the unit a couple of times a month in the early years after renting it, bringing in items and taking others away. 

The last time he was seen there was in March 2024 when he renewed the lease for three months. He has not been seen since. 

His son, Thomas Jr, never visited the unit, nor did other people, according to a source. 

Markle is now in a rehab facility in central Florida where he is recovering and learning to walk again following the amputation of his left leg in the Philippines 11 months ago. 

It was shortly after that operation that exclusive images taken by the Daily Mail showed the moment Markle was given a letter from Meghan cutting him out of his grandchildren’s lives. 

The explosive message revealed Meghan ‘knew her father had abused young girls’ and that he would never meet his grandchildren, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five.

Last week Markle admitted that he paid for sex in the Philippines when he was single. ‘I never had sex with anyone under the age of 18,’ he said. ‘I like Asian women but that is not a crime.’

And he strongly denied his son’s claims that he downloaded child sex images onto computers and cellphones shared with authorities in the first haul, saying they are ‘the worst thing anyone could accuse me of.’

After moving to Mexico, the former lighting director for hit shows General Hospital and Married… with Children lived a secluded life in a rented property in the gated community of San Antonio del Mar.

His former property is currently undergoing reconstruction.

Locals the Daily Mail spoke with this week said he was rarely seen, apart from the odd foray to an expat bar, a minimarket and a Walmart.

‘Frankly, he seemed to live like a hermit. Nobody in all the years he was here really got to know him,’ said one local.

He left the Philippines in May to stay at a rehab center in Florida, leaving his possessions in Cebu, Philippines with his son, Thomas Jr, who had been his caretaker. 

The Sun reported last week that Thomas Jr, 60, found ‘hundreds, if not thousands’ of child sex images in four boxes, and had reported his father to Filipino detectives and the FBI in the US, which are both investigating. 

One 35mm photograph reportedly shows a bearded man resembling Markle having sex with a young Asian girl – although he has said in response that he has ‘never been in a photograph like that.’

Thomas Jr said: ‘When I found this material I was horrified and I had no option but to report my dad. I have supported, cared for him and helped him for years, but that stops now. I won’t speak to my father ever again unless I’m called to give evidence against him.’

He later said: ‘I’m so, so sorry Meghan. I now know I have been protecting the wrong person for the past nine years. Having seen what I’ve seen, I believe the man I’ve been defending and caring for is a monster.’

After his revelation, Meghan said in a statement she had learned of child sex allegations in 2019 after being contacted by British police.

She said she was assured the ‘troubling and disturbing’ allegations were being investigated and was advised that speaking out could jeopardize any legal case.

The Daily Mail approached Samantha Markle at her home in Florida to ask about the contents of her father’s Mexico storage unit. Her boyfriend, Mark Phillips, answered the door and Samantha could be seen in the background but chose not to speak. 

Phillips said: ‘The only statement that you’re going to get is that Thomas Markle doesn’t even have fingerprints on the stuff in the Philippines…He didn’t even ever touch it the whole time it was there, he can’t be charged. 

‘Markle never had it in Mexico either…The FBI has no jurisdiction in Mexico. Thomas Markle Sr hasn’t lived in the States in 10 years. Even if there was bad [material] then the statute of limitations ran out five years ago. This is all bulls**t.’ 

Additional reporting by Andrea Noel and Emma James

It was promoted as an endless world cruise, offering residents the chance to “explore the world without leaving home.”

Villa Vie Odyssey launched in September 2024, with residents paying as much as $440,000 for a private cabin and 15 years at sea. The ambitious itinerary promised visits to 425 destinations across 147 countries, including Antarctica.

But after only two years at sea, the Odyssey abruptly stopped operating on Monday, leaving passengers stranded in Cambodia.

The Daily Mail can now reveal that conditions aboard the ship had, for some time, fallen well short of the rosy picture painted by Villa Vie.

Florida-based Villa Vie Residences blamed the shutdown on surging fuel costs since the Iran War began.

Current and former passengers, however, said the venture was “doomed from the start.” They claimed a four-and-a-half-month delay before the ship finally set sail in 2024 created a financial crisis for Villa Vie.

Passengers also alleged that the air conditioning and internet regularly failed, while the onboard swimming pool was frequently unavailable.

Meals were described as heavy, starchy “canteen food” intended to be filling rather than healthy. Fries, potatoes and macaroni and cheese were often served together at the same meal.

Four people have sued Villa Vie Residences, including two plaintiffs who filed cases in federal court. One woman alleges she was removed from the ship because of her “negativity.”

More lawsuits may follow. About 200 passengers were aboard the Odyssey when it made its final stop in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, last Friday.

At around 6.30am on Tuesday, passengers received a message telling them they had seven hours to leave the ship with all of their belongings.

One guest described what happened next as “chaos,” saying passengers scrambled to pack their possessions into suitcases in the ship’s corridors.

The passengers were suddenly left in Cambodia’s 90F heat, with Villa Vie reportedly refusing to cover their accommodation costs.

Randy Cassingham, who had been traveling aboard the cruise ship with his wife, Kit, said the company agreed to arrange a charter flight to the United States for $1,100 per passenger.

Writing on his website, Cassingham said passengers were told: “No passport returned until your bill is paid.”

“They want the last penny, even though we all have already paid for November,” he said.

Passengers who tried to go back to their cabins found them ‘sealed’ by security, Cassingham wrote.

It was a very different experience from the one sold to them in the summer of 2024, when the Odyssey was supposed to be embarking on its maiden voyage from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The company website claimed residents could travel ‘continuously around the world while enjoying the comfort, stability, and community of home.’

Cabins with a view were priced at $440,000 for 15 years, or less for one with no windows.

Widow Cheryl Ethrington, who boarded the Odyssey eight months ago, paid $365,000 for a cabin that she hoped would be her home for the rest of her life.

Using the life insurance money from her late husband, the 68-year-old spent another $50,000 on a package that included free manicures, pedicures, massages and doctor visits.

‘I bought the Golden Passport package,’ she said from a Sihanoukville apartment she had to scramble to rent.

‘I paid in advance for the next 15 or 20 years of my life. It was a boat load of money.’

Another passenger who boarded at the start of the trip was Shirene Thomas, 61, an actress from Madison, Wisconsin.

She told the Daily Mail that she paid in the low six figures for what should have been a three-year trip on the Odyssey, meaning she lost out on her final year.

‘We did go to six continents and I adopted the world’s first cruising kittens, which I adopted on the cruise, so there were good sides,’ she said. 

But Thomas admitted she soon began to get frustrated with day-to-day life on board. 

‘I don’t believe we ever went more than three days without a problem with HVAC, no hot water, no internet.

‘I was disappointed in the food. We initially got cruise-ship food which looked good and was supposed to be fancy.

‘Then it became more similar to cafeteria-style food, trying to serve people on a limited budget and trying to make it calorically dense.

‘I kept trying to get them to understand we wanted healthy food, but that costs more. If I complained, I was told it was my fault.’

Breakfast was usually tan or cream-colored foods and dinner would often be starchy like mac-and-cheese, potatoes or French fries and lots of root vegetables.

Eggplant was frequently on the menu as was lamb, which was often overcooked, Thomas said.

Cassingham, a former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee, described the Odyssey as ‘hardly a luxury cruise ship.’

‘The cabins were small and sparse, but that was OK: cabins were really our bedrooms and a place to shower,’ he said. 

‘The living area was spacious: Lounges and restaurants to meet and talk. But it wasn’t ‘luxury’ – it was promoted, after all, as ‘affordable’ and it was, until the company started begging for money.’ 

According to one former passenger, cracks began to show on the 30-year-old vessel, formerly known as the MS Braemar, before it sailed out of Belfast.

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Joe Rhodes, who spent just over a year on the Odyssey before leaving last November when it docked in Australia, told the Daily Mail that ‘there were a lot of signs early on that it was poorly run.’ 

He recalled the four-and-a-half months the ship had to remain in Belfast for repairs and passengers were made to stay in a local hotel. 

‘The reason some of us stayed the whole time, [staff] were constantly telling us we were going to be there for a few days,’ he said. ‘They kept stringing us on and making a lot of promises they didn’t fulfill.’

Villa Vie did not reimburse Rhodes the money he had paid for the Belfast hotel and instead gave him credits worth $8,000.

Rhodes made the decision to leave the boat once he used up his credit, refusing to spend any more money on Villa Vie, he said. 

‘They were in a deep hole from the first day,’ he said. ‘They were never able to dig themselves out of it.’

Adding to his frustration was that the boat began missing stops including Antarctica, which was one of the reasons he signed up.

‘The other great deception was that they promised people Antarctica was on the itinerary. The ship was never equipped to go there and they had to know that,’ he said. 

Rhodes also spoke of the insular world aboard the Odyssey, where gossip was rife and little remained private among passengers. He described it as ‘a combination of being in a small town and junior high.’

‘A land of gossip and consequences. I can’t prove it got as far as people being swingers, but we had suspicions,’ Rhodes said. 

‘When you’re that close in close quarters with that many people, you end up knowing more about their lives than you want to know.

‘We know who had gotten together and who had broken up. There were a couple of marriages on board. There were three or four deaths.

‘There was one divorce, but one of the marriages was from a former couple who were on the boat. The guy’s wife didn’t love him and married someone else on the ship,’ Rhodes recalled.

He admits that, while he ‘liked most of the people on board,’ passengers quickly divided into cliques.

‘One group were called “the cheerleaders”. They got mad at you if you complained about anything.

‘Some of us were happy to complain. I was one of the loudest, so we quickly got divided into pro or anti-Villa Vie.’ 

The ill feeling toward critics like Rhodes escalated to the point where he felt like a ‘traitor.’

Shirene Thomas painted a similar picture and said she was threatened to be thrown off the Odyssey twice.

‘When management is mismanaging funds and when realistic people see the writing on the wall and try to say anything, they were bullied and shut down by the cheerleaders,’ she told the Daily Mail. 

‘The atmosphere was reinforced from the top down. One of the times they threatened to kick me off the ship was because my negative attitude supposedly prevented someone from buying a cabin.

‘When they know you have cats and have given up all you own and someone threatens to throw you off the ship, that is emotionally abusive.’

One woman who did get thrown off the ship was Jenny Phenix, 70, a divorced mother-of-two who sold all her possessions before boarding the Odyssey. 

Trouble began after her WhatsApp messages criticizing Villa Vie found their way to the company’s leadership.

According to a lawsuit she filed, she was removed from the boat for what the company called her ‘negativity.’ 

In statements, Villa Vie has claimed Phenix ‘broke multiple terms and conditions and signed a non-disclosure agreement.’ 

According to another case, filed in Florida’s Broward County court, former resident Robert Moses claimed that Villa Vie put his cabin up for sale after he complained about noise from the pickleball court and the lack of a golf simulator, among other advertised amenities.

In the court papers, Moses said he paid $469,000 for his cabin, which gave him the right to live there for 15 years. 

Villa Vie denies his breach-of-contract suit and said that it was entitled to install the pickleball court and ‘not obliged’ to provide amenities like pools, hot tubs or a golf simulator as Moses demanded.

Fears that the end of the ship would come had been mounting on the boat for months.

Ethrington claimed that, during the penultimate stop in Thailand, everyone knew the ship was in trouble.

After arriving in Cambodia, Villa Vie asked passengers to pay an extra $1,800 to cover fuel, which would have been about $360,000 total, she said.

‘This was three or four days before they evicted us,’ she said. ‘They said, “We’re in a critical state and we cannot leave the port.”‘

The future of the Odyssey is now murky, with Villa Vie’s parent company saying they will take the next 60 days to ‘restructure and recapitalize.’

Some passengers are discussing forming a group to take over the ownership, but that seemed very uncertain.

Prior to that, according to Thomas, the cruise line had solicited additional money by offering discounted cabins as investment opportunities and promising to return ‘the interest on them when they’re sold.’ 

‘They had been hitting people up for more money for a long, long time,’ she said. 

Ethrington said that she went into the voyage with her ‘eyes open’ and was not angry – even though she knew she would never get her money back.

‘The money is gone,’ she said. ‘They are broke. I am personally OK, but I’m angry that a lot of people really came into this without thinking about it.

‘I knew it was a startup and it could fail. I cannot get a refund. I still have a house I can go back to but there’s people that sold their houses and their cars and all of their belongings and bought their cabin on the ship.

‘Now they have to go home and all they have is their Social Security check.’

The Daily Mail has contacted Villa Vie for comment.

A CEO has described a “terrifying” ordeal after burglars invaded his Toronto mansion, prompting Canadian police to launch a manhunt for three suspects.

David Morton, CEO of MAC Group, sent a statement to the Daily Mail on Friday, 36 hours after his Toronto home was invaded. Morton and two of his adult daughters were shot during the attack, but all three survived.

In his statement, Morton said his family had endured a “terrifying and life-threatening experience” in the place where they should have felt most secure—the “safety and security of [their] own home.”

“It is difficult to put into words the trauma of experiencing something so horrific in the one place where everyone should feel safest: their own home,” Morton said.

“No family should ever have to experience this,” he added. “People should be able to sleep peacefully in their homes without fear of armed individuals breaking in and threatening their lives.”

Morton said his family was “deeply concerned” about the rise in violence linked to home invasions and the safety of families across Toronto.

Police are searching for three men believed to be about 20 years old, all of whom are considered “armed and dangerous.”

According to the Toronto Police Service, the men entered Morton’s home in the affluent Bridle Path neighborhood at around 3.40am on Thursday.

The suspects, who were armed with firearms and a hammer, forced their way in through the rear of the property and demanded the family’s personal valuables. An “altercation” then broke out.

Morton, 75, and his two adult daughters, Maggie and Cristina Zohil-Morton, who are both in their 20s, were shot during the invasion.

Morton and his wife, 64-year-old Doriana Zohil, were also struck with a hammer during the overnight attack. Zohil is president of the MAC Group.

The men fled in a dark SUV before officers arrived. It was not immediately known whether they took any belongings from the property.

Police announced on Friday that the suspects were believed to be armed and dangerous.

The Mortons’ seven-bathroom mansion, valued at around $2.1 million, features a tennis court, an in-ground pool and private gardens, the New York Post reported.

Toronto police released preliminary descriptions of the suspects on Friday. The first was described as a Black man, approximately 20 years old, with a thin build.

The second and third suspects were also believed to be around 20. Police did not provide their races; one was described as thin, while no description was available for the other.

All three men were wearing dark clothing and face masks. Police are appealing to the public for information that could help identify and locate them.

Toronto Police Inspector Kristy Smith said at a press conference on Thursday that the Morton family had been rushed to the hospital following the attack.

Smith said two family members had sustained ‘life–altering injuries,’ while the remaining two had severe but ‘non–life–threatening injuries.’

She did not specify who suffered which injuries, and further details about the injuries were not provided.

The family ‘tried to fight off’ the home invaders before being shot and attacked, according to a source cited by the Toronto Sun.

Morton and one of his daughters were shot in the leg, while his other daughter was shot in the arm, per the outlet.

Surveillance cameras had been installed inside the multimillion dollar home. The footage has been turned over to police.

Still, Smith said that authorities had ‘no information at this point to suspect that this particular home’ had been targeted by the masked men.

‘I’m not quite sure what their motives are at this time and whether or not they were in the area looking at other houses prior,’ Smith added.

However, she noted that the neighborhood was an ‘affluent area where people would have things that are sought after.’

Smith also explained that carjackings had declined in Toronto but that home invasions ‘for the purpose of stealing a car’ were increasing.

Still, she insisted that ‘people should be able to feel safe in their homes,’ assuring residents that police were doing ‘everything that we can to identify, locate, and bring these suspects to criminal justice.’

Cecil Hawkins, who lives in the area, called the break-in and shooting ‘mindboggling.’

‘It’s a defenseless home owner,’ he told CTV News. ‘Why would they react that way?’

Hawkins said the owner of the home was a ‘really lovely lady.’

‘She is so community-minded, so pleasant, affable, with two daughters,’ he added.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said Thursday on X that she was ‘deeply troubled’ by the home invasion, acknowledging that the attack had ‘understandably shaken the neighborhood and many residents across Toronto.’

Chow added that locals could expect to see an increased police presence in the area.

The Toronto Police Service told the Daily Mail on Friday afternoon that there was no additional information to share at this time.

Residents are outraged after an historic Houston mansion was partially demolished, apparently to make way for a possible gas station.

Demolition crews began dismantling 200 Smith Street brick by brick on Friday. The property is one of Houston’s last remaining Tudor Revival homes.

Known as the Kirby Mansion, the 20,000-square-foot residence had stood on the street for more than a century. Despite its age and prominence, the home did not have historic designation.

Locals were shocked to see the crews arrive because the only permit issued for the property was for sewer disconnection—a step that can precede an application for demolition. An asbestos abatement project had also been scheduled to run from Tuesday through November 6.

Public records identify OB Texas Properties LLC as the owner, with Omair Bashir listed as its registered agent. The property was purchased around October 1.

After learning of the demolition, the nonprofit Preservation Houston requested a meeting with the new owners to discuss their plans for the property.

‘We wish the owner had been transparent and honest about the plans for this property and willing to discuss preservation options,’ Preservation Houston Executive Director Jennifer Kapral told the Daily Mail.

‘We offered to explore ways to give this building a future. We also asked for the opportunity to document it and discuss salvaging irreplaceable materials if demolition went ahead. We received no response. Houston deserves better than this.’

The Daily Mail has contacted Bashir and Houston Public Works, the department responsible for issuing permits, for comment.

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The demolition stopped halfway through on Friday for reasons that remain unknown. Kapral believes the work may have been halted because the proper permission was not in place.

‘But I mean, you can see from the images, a lot has already been lost,’ she told Houston Public Media.

Witnesses told Houston Public Media they saw a shelf of books on the home’s second floor while the crews were working, suggesting the mansion may not have been cleared before demolition began.

Eric Lezias, a Houston resident, said he had known the building since childhood and never imagined it would be destroyed.

‘We always thought that it could be something like a food spot or something like that,’ he said.

‘I always wondered that it could be something better, something more…. It really is sad to see it gone, but it’s how it is in this city. They’re tearing down stuff that’s ancient.’

Kapral told Houston Public Media that the property will most likely be converted into a gas station.

‘We’re losing it to a gas station and convenience store, from what we can tell from all the permits,’ she told the outlet. 

The original home was built in 1894 by JS Price, who later sold it to lumber mogul John Henry Kirby. Kirby then rebuilt the property into the home that is currently being destroyed, Houston Public Media said. 

It is one of the last remaining remnants of the old South End neighborhood.  

A 37-year-old Florida man has been arrested after allegedly strangling a teenager following a flag football game in Palm Beach County.

Brandon Mayer was coaching on October 20 when he allegedly placed a player in a 15-second chokehold during postgame handshakes. He faces a felony battery-by-strangulation charge.

Mayer’s 16-year-old daughter was also arrested. She is accused of attacking the same player and has been charged with misdemeanor battery.

Mayer denied putting anyone in a chokehold when questioned by deputies, according to the arrest report obtained by South Florida CBS affiliate CBS12.com. The Daily Mail has requested an arrest report from the department.

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Mayer and his daughter on Wednesday. Police have not identified the girl because she is a minor.

Sophia Lopez, 15, has identified herself as the alleged victim. She and her father, Ryan, both spoke with CBS12.com about the incident.

‘She started making fun of me for losing the game,’ Sophia said of the 16-year-old who was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge. ‘The one thing I said to her that set her off was, “You just fell on your face, and it’s a rec game.”‘

The unidentified 16-year-old allegedly grabbed Sophia by the hair and pulled her to the ground. Witnesses said Mayer then intervened and placed Sophia in a chokehold. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue later took Sophia to a nearby hospital for evaluation.

‘It felt like everything was so tight,’ Sophia said. ‘It felt like I was never going to get out until I just saw black.’

‘It felt like somebody was stabbing me in my stomach, and I checked and there were just bruises everywhere,’ Sophia said. ‘My body was so tense and hurting because my body was regaining oxygen. It was very painful.’

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Ryan Lopez said he stepped in and tried to free his daughter, according to a police report obtained by CBS12.com. He said Sophia suffers from non-epileptic seizures and appeared to be losing consciousness while Mayer was holding her.

‘It was a complete choke,’ Ryan Lopez said. ‘He was pulling her forward and trying to pull her back, not by her waist, which would have been the common-sense thing to do.’

‘It was terrifying,’ he added. ‘It was terrifying for me. It was terrifying for the parents who were there.’

Ryan said the confrontation continued even after he intervened.

‘All I did was pull [Mayer] down, and then, while I was trying to get up, [Mayer’s daughter] pulled my chain and kicked me in the face with her cleat,’ Ryan said.

Witnesses photographed Mayer’s license plate and gave the information to Sheriff’s deputies.

The Lopez family told CBS12.com that Mayer and his daughter have been removed from the league.

Mayer was released from jail Thursday on a $7,500 bond. 

While flag football is in its infancy across much of the country, Florida students, and in particular, girls, have been playing the sport in organized leagues for decades. Currently the state has more than 10,000 girls competing at the high school level, according to state records.

The sport is set to make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.