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| Jared Fogle |
On Wednesday, Federal prosecutors released documents alleging that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle traveled to engage in "unlawful commercial sexual acts" with minors and possessed child pornography that he got from the former director of his charitable organization.
Josh Minkler, the federal prosecutor for Indiana’s Southern District, said during a following press conference that Fogle has agreed to plead guilty to the charges and has admitted to participating in a scheme to exploit children.
He faces between five and 12 years in prison.
According to the documents, 12 of the 14 victims in the case are minors who were secretly filmed by Russell Taylor, the former executive director of Fogle's foundation. Investigators say Fogle allegedly received some of these videos and images. The other two victims are underage girls, whom Fogle allegedly traveled to have commercial sex with.
In one instance, Fogle allegedly met with one of those girls at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In November 2012, documents claim he allegedly paid the girl, who was 17, to commit sexual acts and texted her the next day offering to pay her if she could find him another underage girl. He allegedly told her that the younger the girl, the better.
The prosecutors claim that Fogle "repeatedly made travel plans in order to have his business trips coincide with the pursuit of sexual acts."
Authorities say that Taylor provided Fogle with pornography produced by others that involved children as young as six.
Under the plea agreement, Fogle is expected to pay $100,000 in restitution to each of the victims.
