PEOPLE – Jared Fogle rose to fame for claiming he lost more than 200 lbs. with a diet of Subway sandwiches, later appearing in ads for the franchise for over a decade.
However, in 2015, the spokesman was fired from Subway after he admitted to having sex with at least two minors and to obtaining child pornography of at least 12 others.
He was ultimately sentenced to over 15 years behind bars.
Who is Jared Fogle?
Fogle was obese in college, weighing 425 lbs. with a 60-inch waistline — until he lost 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches.
“I ate the footlong veggie and six-inch turkey every day. No cheese, no mayo, tons of vegetables and a bit of spicy mustard,” he told the Indiana University campus newspaper.
Subway soon reached out and Fogle became a spokesperson for the chain, starring in more than 300 commercials between 2000 and 2015.
According to a filing from federal prosecutors, Fogle first received child pornography images and videos in 2011 and repeatedly viewed them instead of reporting them to authorities.
He then continued to solicit more child sexual abuse material from his co-conspirator, Russell Taylor, including visuals of at least one child as young as 6 years old …
Fogle spoke about his attraction to middle schoolers and wanting to install cameras in their locker rooms so he could see them undress without their knowledge, and described his methods for grooming children for sexual abuse.
In November 2015, Fogle pleaded guilty to one count each of distributing and receiving child pornography and traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor.
In November 2023, court records obtained by Business Insider indicated that Fogle would be released from prison on March 24, 2029, a year earlier than his original 15-year sentence dictated …
