Jared Fogle: 5 Things To Know About Former Subway Spokesperson & His Scandal

• Jared Fogle was the spokesperson for Subway from 2000 to 2015.
• Jared was arrested connected kid pornography charges successful 2015.
• Jared’s apprehension and proceedings is the taxable of the upcoming documentary ‘Jared From Subway: Catching A Monster’ from Investigation Discovery, premiering connected March 6.

Jared Fogle is surely a acquainted look to anyone who watched TV passim the aughts. He became a household sanction arsenic the spokesperson for the fast-food concatenation Subway, saying that a diet, consisting of their sandwiches helped him suffer 245 pounds. After implicit a decennary arsenic the look of the company, Jared, 45, was arrested and charged for possession of kid pornography. His horrifying scandal, including intersexual maltreatment and kid porn, volition beryllium documented successful the upcoming Jared From Subway: Catching a Monster documentary from Investigation Discovery, premiering connected March 6. Find retired everything you request to cognize astir Jared and his crimes here.

Fogle arrives successful tribunal successful 2015. (Michael Conroy/AP/Shutterstock)

1. Jared became the Subway spokesperson aft starting a ‘Subway Diet’

Jared began his now-famous Subway fare successful 1999. He credited the caller eating regular (as good arsenic incorporating exercise) arsenic helping him shed 275 pounds. In summation to moving out, Jared said that helium would devour a tiny turkey sub and a ample veggie sub, on with baked chips and a fare soda from Subway, and it helped him shed the weight. His archetypal commercialized with the institution aired successful 2000, and helium aboriginal became a household sanction erstwhile the ads went national. He regularly appeared successful ads for the company, and made appearances successful different media, similar WWE wrestling, and helium gave talks astir steadfast eating.

2. He established the Jared Foundation successful 2004

After the commercials’ success, the spokesperson established his ain non-profit, the Jared Foundation successful 2004. The enactment was focused connected combatting puerility obesity with the assistance of education, but determination person been galore scandals involving the charity.

Before Jared’s arrest, the foundation’s director Russell Taylor was arrested connected kid pornography charges months earlier the spokesperson was. He is presently serving a 27-year situation sentence. After some Jared and Russell’s arrests, the enactment was taxable to much scrutiny. It was revealed that the instauration had not paid grants arsenic it had promised it would, nor did it wage a $5 registration interest to the authorities of Indiana, according to USA Today. CharityWatch President Daniel Borochoff explained that the enactment wasn’t truly focused connected helping children. “If Jared was truly funny successful helping children done his foundation, helium could person gotten much money,” helium told USA Today. “As with a batch of celebrities, the foundation appears to beryllium much astir image-enhancement than charitable deeds.”

Jared was astir well-known arsenic a spokesperson for Subway for 15 years. (Shutterstock)

3. He was arrested for kid pornography successful 2015

After Russell’s arrest, the FBI recovered that some Jared and his erstwhile foundation manager had traded explicit photos and videos of children. His location was raided and helium was arrested successful July 2015. After his arrest, Jared and Subway severed ties.

The probe and charges besides aboriginal recovered that successful summation to the photos and videos, Jared had traveled to wage minors for sex, per NPR. He yet plead blameworthy to a complaint of organisation and receipt of kid pornography and traveling to prosecute illicit intersexual behaviour with a minor, arsenic portion of a plea agreement. Parents of 1 of Jared’s victims sued him for $150,000, but the suit was dropped successful October 2016, per People.

4. He is presently serving a astir 16-year situation sentence

After reaching the plea deal, Jared was sentenced to 188 months, arsenic 15 years and 8 months, successful situation for his charges successful November 2015. He volition not beryllium eligible for parole until 2029, erstwhile helium volition person served astatine slightest 13 years of his sentence.

5. His woman divorced him during his transgression trial

Jared married Kathleen McLaughlin in August 2010, and the brace had 2 children, but erstwhile the proceedings against the erstwhile spokesperson began, she announced her plans to record for divorcement successful a connection to People in August 2015. “Obviously, I americium highly shocked and disappointed by the caller developments involving Jared,” she said. “I americium successful the process of seeking a dissolution of the marriage.

The divorcement was finalized days earlier helium was sentenced, via Indy Star. After helium was sentenced, Kathleen spoke retired astir her ex-husband successful a CBS This Morning interrogation successful November 2016. She revealed she learned astir her husband’s crimes erstwhile the FBI showed up astatine their door. “He had 2 lives going on,” she said. “I knew thing astir his engagement successful anything.”

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