By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has reached a plea agreement that would see him serve between five and 12½ years in prison for child pornography and having sex with a minor, CNN reports.
Fogle was expected to make an appearance in federal court on Wednesday.
CNN reports that court documents show that the charges against Fogle are tied to his relationship with Russell C. Taylor, the executive director of the Jared Foundation, who was arrested more than two months ago on federal child pornography charges.
CNN reported that court documents said:
- Between 2011 and April 2015, Fogle received from Taylor multiple pornographic images of minors engaging in sexually explicit contact.
- Fogle had conversations with Taylor about the child porn, but instead of alerting authorities, he “chose to benefit from such production by obtaining access to a significant amount of such material.”
- The images and videos were recorded by Taylor at his home through the use of hidden cameras.
- Between 2010 and February 2013, Fogle traveled from Indiana to New York to pay to have sex with minors.
- One victim told investigators she had sex with Fogle twice when she was 17 in exchange for money, once at the Plaza Hotel and once at the Ritz Carlton, both in New York City.
- The same minor also said that Fogle had sex with her three other times before 2012, when she was 16.
- Prosecutors say that text messages, travel records, hotel records and a search of Fogle’s home provided evidence of these arrangements.
- The same minor said Fogle had sex with another 16-year-old girl on another occasion.
