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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 05:43 PM Aug 2015

Sexual Addictions Therapist says pedophilia & OCD "might have made" Fogle's Subway diet "easier"

Sex addiction experts: Recovery won't be easy for Fogle
Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star 9:13 p.m. EDT August 20, 2015

http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/20/fogle-easy-road-recovery-sex-addiction-experts-say/32089669/

Fogle’s attorney, Jeremy Margolis, said Wednesday his client would undergo examination by a world-renowned expert in sexual conditions “in order to chart a course to recovery.” His lawyer continued to say that Fogle intends to become healthy again.

That might not be so easy.

Carol Juergensen Sheets, the only certified sexual addictions therapist in the Indianapolis area, says Fogle could have multiple problems, including pedophilia, sexual addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder — a condition she said might have made it easier for him to eat the same meal every day on his Subway diet.

Further, she said the fact that Fogle continued to seek sex with minors even after his colleague in both legal and illegal matters, Russell Taylor, was arrested on child pornography charges suggests that he had lost the ability to control himself.
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Sexual Addictions Therapist says pedophilia & OCD "might have made" Fogle's Subway diet "easier" (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2015 OP
I hope this creep spends a long time in jail shenmue Aug 2015 #1
News stories this week have stated that... Miles Archer Aug 2015 #3
Bogus headline - the therapist said OCD might have made it easier to eat the same thing every day cyberswede Aug 2015 #2
Yeah, the headline is wrong. yardwork Aug 2015 #5
Sure is, unfortunately. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2015 #10
Where is his GoFundMe thread? nt Codeine Aug 2015 #4
Bwahahaha zabet Aug 2015 #6
On FreeRepublic?? madinmaryland Aug 2015 #8
So that's why I'm overweight! Nt. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #7
Great... Lancero Aug 2015 #9

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
3. News stories this week have stated that...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 05:59 PM
Aug 2015

...part of his plea deal involves his not receiving more than 12 years behind bars, but he can't ask for less than five.

Assuming he survives life behind bars as a pedophile, he'll have nothing to look forward to beyond life as a registered sex offender.

Without knowing the exact extent of his illness, it's impossible to know his ability to cope with the fallout from his behavior.

Knowing that this is a manifestation of mental illness doesn't make the crime easier to accept.

My guess is that his "celebrity status"...even though he is now a "former celebrity"...means he'll pay the full price for his actions, regardless of how much jail time he gets.

JohnnyLib2

(11,212 posts)
10. Sure is, unfortunately.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:25 PM
Aug 2015

The therapist made good points. She specifically said "multiple problems," not that one was causing another.

And the creep is still legally responsible.....

Lancero

(3,003 posts)
9. Great...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:02 PM
Aug 2015

So now people wanting to lose weight are now apparently potential pedophiles.

And we wonder why the US has such a obesity epidemic.

Someone must really want their 15 minutes of fame, and damn all the people this 'link' could harm.

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