Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new security hire has quite the criminal history — dating all the way back to the year 2000! Alberto Alvarez may actually be a familiar name to you, as he’s been a highly publicized celebrity security guard for over 15 years.
His criminal past, however, comes as a shock to people around the world — and they have questions as to why the Duke of Sussex would hire him in the first place.
In 2000 — his earliest reported run-in with the justice system, according to DailyMail.com — Alvarez was charged with felony domestic violence for “corporal injury to a spouse or intimate partner” and disturbing the peace.
He didn’t contest the peace disturbance charge, and was given a 3 year probation sentence. The judge, however, dismissed the domestic violence charge as part of a plea deal “in furtherance of justice”.
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