Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle makes $1 million in payments to 10 victims
Jared Fogle, the former Subway restaurant pitchman, has paid out a total of $1 million in restitution to 10 of his 14 victims.
Fogle, who has agreed to plead guilty to child pornography charges and having sex with minors, has paid $100,000 to each of the 10 victims. Prosecutors expect the remaining four individuals to receive similar payments before Fogle is sentenced on Nov. 19. The funds came from $1.4 million put aside under the terms of a plea agreement.
Fogle faces a possible sentence of a minimum of five years in prison.
Fogle, a 38-year-old father of two, rose to national prominence when the Subway chain discovered he lost more than 200 pounds by eating their sandwiches and exercising. The restaurant giant featured him in their ads starting in 2000 and he continued working for the chain until July – the same month when authorities raided his Indianapolis home.
Court documents allege Fogle commissioned Russell Taylor, the executive director of his charity focused on childhood obesity, to produce pornography using at least a dozen underage victims, one as young as 6. He also flew several times to New York City to have sex with at least two underage girls.
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Fogle started his solicitation of adult prostitutes in 2007, the charging documents said. He frequently made travel plans for sex to coincide with his business trips.