Jared Fogle - Ex-Subway pitchman sentenced to 15-1/2 years on child sex charges

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Former Subway sandwich chain pitchman Jared Fogle on Thursday was sentenced to 15-1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography and sex charges.

Fogle, who became famous after losing weight on a diet that included sandwiches from the fast-food chain, agreed in August to a deal with prosecutors under which he would plead guilty to charges of child pornography and traveling for illicit paid sex with minors.

Fogle agreed in court on Thursday to avoid pornography, get sexual disorder treatment and will be a registered sex offender. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt also sentenced him to a lifetime of supervision and a $175,000 fine.

Pratt went beyond what either side wanted: prosecutors had sought a 12-1/2 year sentence, while Fogle's attorneys had asked for five years.

"The defendant was obsessed with child pornography and sex with minors," Pratt said. Fogle was remanded to the custody of a U.S. Marshall, and Pratt recommend he go to a federal prison in Littleton, Colorado.

More: Reuters

[Snobblevitch]

1. I might be mistaken,

but I believe federal charges mean he serves the full term without early release.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. About 90% of the sentence, usually

He won't see daylight before 2028.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. There are several things deeply upsetting about that whole story, not the least of which

There was like a good ten years or so where people had been sounding evidence-based alarms about this guy.

Also I wonder if now might be a good time to point out that maybe "being able to eat the exact same thing for lunch every day for several years" might not be the best criteria by which to pick a supposed hero or role model.