Ex-Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle Seeks Shorter Prison Sentence
Source: NBC news
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle asked a federal appeals court on Friday to shorten the more than 15-year prison sentence he received for possessing child pornography and paying for sex with underage girls.
Fogle's attorney argued that that the District Court judge in Indianapolis abused her authority by giving Fogle a sentence three years longer than the maximum term prosecutors agreed to pursue as part of his plea deal.
Fogle pleaded guilty in November to one count each of distributing and receiving child porn and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child. As part of his plea deal, he agreed not to seek a sentence of less than five years in prison and prosecutors agreed not to push for more than 12½ years behind bars.
The appeal calls District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt's decision "unreasonable," along with asking the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to throw out the prison term and order resentencing.
"The District Court's ruling also undermines the notions of trust and fairness that undergird our delicate system of plea bargaining," Fogle's appeal said.
U.S. attorney's office spokesman Tim Horty declined to comment on Fogle's appeal.
Fogle admitted that he paid for sex at New York City hotels with girls who were 16 or 17 years old and that he had received some child pornography produced by the one-time head of his anti-obesity charity, Russell Taylor. Fogle also paid a total of $1.4 million to his 14 victims, with each getting $100,000.
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