Victims of Former Subway Pitchman, Jared Fogle, Awarded $100,000 Apiece

In a rare sequence of events, child sex victims of former Subway commercial star Jared Fogle have been financially compensated prior to his sentencing, the Associated Press reported.

To date, 10 victims have received $100,000 each from a trust fund set up to compensate the 14 victims of crimes committed by Fogle. The other four are expected to receive their checks by the time of his Nov. 19 sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven DeBrota told AP he has only handled one similar case of pre-sentencing restitution in nearly 25 years as a prosecutor.

In August, Fogle agreed to plead guilty to distribution and receipt of child pornography and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. He made his admissions In a 27-page plea-related agreement he signed with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis.

The document outlines a multi-year pattern of child-sex crimes that Fogle committed, involving 14 named victims and many more whose identities are unknown.

In at least seven states, from Florida to Washington, in Nevada and in his home state of Indiana, Fogle conspired with the director of his charity, Russell Taylor, to obtain child pornography and round up underage girls for sex, the court papers say.

“Jared Fogle is agreeing to plead guilty to the charges filed against him today,” his attorney, Jeremy Margolis, told a media throng outside the federal courthouse on the day he pleaded. “In doing so, Jared is accepting responsibility for what he has done.”

Court documents released that day reveal that Fogle had sex three times with one 16-year-old girl, who he’d later meet when she was 17 during visits to the five-star Plaza Hotel in New York and again at the Ritz Carlton. She identified a second 16-year-old victim Fogle paid for sex.

Using these girls and prostitutes in several states, Fogle attempted to ”network” his way to finding 14-year-old girls for sex.

In exchange for his guilty plea, Fogle will be sentenced to between five and 12 1/2 years in prison.

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