Meghan Markle’s brother-in-law is accused of domestic violence

Meghan Markle’s brother-in-law has been accused of domestic violence after allegedly hitting her sister Samantha in the face during a late bust-up, DailyMail.com may reveal.

Mark Phillips, 62, was placed in Polk County Jail on December 14 before being released on the same day pending trial.

An arrest statement obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows that the police were sent to Samantha’s house in Lakeland, Florida, on the morning of December 1, 14, after the couple rowed over her, needing help to use the toilet.

Samantha, 56, tied to a wheelchair, told police that Phillips, who works in the storage space, hit her in the face during a fight.

According to the report, Phillips got angry after being asked to help her to the toilet late at night and then slapped her “on the right side of the face in the ear area” during the next row.

Phillips fled the scene, but was later arrested after police ruled he was the “main aggressor” – accusing him of a single act of domestic violence.

He is now facing a court date in the new year, the case being listed as in the preliminary stage.

Samantha has been estranged from the Duchess of Sussex since 2008 and has never met Prince Harry or baby Archie.

She was repeatedly hit by her sister for refusing to contact their 76-year-old father, Thomas Markle Sr., and ridiculed her as “Princess Pushy” and “social climber.”

Samantha also has a strained relationship with her brother Thomas Jr., 53, who currently lives with their mother Roslyn in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Thomas Jr. is also no stranger to the law and has been arrested several times by police in Grants Pass, Oregon, for his drunken fights with former fiancée Darlene Blount.

Samantha, who has lived in Florida with Phillips since 2016, has also had regular contact with the law – some due to her volatile relationship with Phillips.

Police in their former Albuquerque home have been repeatedly called to their home – with an incident listed as a domestic abuse call.

Both were also involved in a series of arrests with Samantha’s ex-husband, Scott Rasmussen, aged 60, with ex-warriors repeatedly taking restraining orders against each other.

A report, dated June 29, 2015, says that Rasmussen and their daughter Noel had to be accompanied by police officers when they went to Samantha’s house to collect Noel’s belongings.

During the custody battle, which ended with Noel’s birthday in October 2016, Phillips was accused of harassing Noel with abusive text messages, which were seen by DailyMail.com.

In them, he calls her a liar and adds: “The damage is a serious accusation and you will not lie or you will be accused and grandma and you.”

Another incident involving Phillips took place on July 29, 2015, when he was accused of abusing Noel inside the court, according to a statement on his own responsibility filed by Rasmussen.

According to documents seen by DailyMail.com, Phillips shouted: “Stupid f *** ing b *** h” to the 18-year-old when she passed him in the corridor.

More recently, Samantha and Phillips faced ridicule after calling police after a car accident caused by paparazzi in May 2018 – which was later found not to have happened.

Samantha told TMZ that she was forced to go to the emergency room with a broken ankle after the alleged incident and shared a photo with her that looked miserable in the hospital.

But Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Kim Montes told DailyMail.com there was no evidence that it ever happened.

She said: “I searched for three hours last night. He lives in Ocala, but there are no toll roads in Ocala.

“The nearest toll road would be the highway, so I checked the highway, I checked I4, I checked all these other roads.

“I checked her name, I checked her name and I couldn’t find any reports. So we don’t know if this actually happened.

“We can’t find reports from virtually all of Central Florida. We can’t find a report by name or a scenario similar to this. ‘