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Subway's Jared pleads guilty to child porn charges

Just over a month after feds raided his home Jared Fogle is making a plea deal regarding child porn crimes.

August 19, 2015

Updated: 3:30 p.m.

Former Subway sandwich chain pitchman Jared Fogle asked a federal judge Wednesday to accept his plea of guilty to charges of child pornography and traveling to solicit paid sex with minors.

Federal Judge Mark Dinsmore must now review the plea deal Fogle's attorneys reached with prosecutors and decided whether to accept it. In the mantime the court entered a technical plea of not guilty on Fogle's behalf, according to Reuters.

Fogle was placed on home detention and must wear an electronic monitoring device. No date has been set for his next appearance.

Under the deal, Fogle would serve between five and 12 years in prison, pay $1.4 million in restitution to 14 minor victims, register as a sex offender and meet other conditions.

The U.S. Attorney scheduled a press conference Wednesday afternoon, according to a Fox59 report, which also reported that Ron Elberger, Fogle’s attorney, said his client had no comment regarding the plea or deal.

Subway isn’t commenting either, according to a post on a Facebook page Tuesday.

"We no longer have a relationship with Jared and have no further comment," stated Subway.

Fogle, an Indianapolis resident, was suspended from his position with Subway shortly after federal law enforcement served warrants on Fogle to search his home at the start of July. Published reports stated computers and digital disks were taken from the home by officials.

As Fast Casual reportedlast month, Russel Taylor, a former director of Fogle’s charity, the Jared Foundation, was arrested in relation to child pornography earlier this year. Fogle has served as a Subway spokesperson since appearing in his first TV ad for the sandwich chain in 2000. He claimed to have lost 200 pounds by eating Subway.

According to an AP report, Fogle had allegedly visited New York City to have sex with minors and  exchanged child porn images with the former foundation director.