Fork it over: Jared Fogle has been ordered to hand over $50,000 to federal authorities so they would not seize his vehicles used in commission of sex crimes
Disgraced former Subway spokesman and convicted child molester Jared Fogle has been ordered to pay a $50,000 penalty as part of his high-profile case.
Fogle, 40, pleaded guilty to trading in child pornography and paying for sex with underage girls and was sentenced in November 2015 to 15 years in a federal prison.
As part of the plea deal, Fogle agreed to pay 14 of his victims $100,000 each, for a total of $1.4million.
Fogle also pledged to hand over another $50,000 to federal authorities so they would not seize vehicles in which he traveled to meet his underage victims.
The news, first reported by TMZ Tuesday, comes on the same day that a judge in Indiana heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by Fogle’s ex-wife alleging that Subway knew of the former pitchman’s sexual interest in children but continued promoting him as its representative.
Kathleen McLaughlin filed for divorce from Fogle immediately after his arrest. The divorce was finalized just days before his sentencing, ending a six-year marriage that produced two children.
Fogle’s ex-wife Kathleen McLaughlin (right) is suing Subway alleging the chain knew of the his sexual interest in children but continued promoting him as its pitchman
The ex-wife received a $7million settlement package and won sole custody of their two children in the agreement.
WXIN-TV reported the judge didn’t rule Tuesday immediately after opposing attorneys presented arguments on Subway’s request that McLaughlin’s lawsuit be dismissed.
McLaughlin alleges the sandwich shop chain received at least three reports indicating Fogle was sexually interested in children but failed to take proper action.
Fogle became the company’s spokesman in 2000 after losing 200lbs, down from a whopping 425lbs which he weighed in college, partly by eating Subway sandwiches.
Fogle became the company’s spokesman in 2000 after losing 200lbs, down from a whopping 425lbs which he weighed in college (left), partly by eating Subway sandwiches (right)
In 2015, the married-father-of two 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 Russell Taylor, the former director of the foundation Fogle started to fight childhood obesity, The Indianapolis Star reported last year.
Fogle was hospitalized earlier this year after a prison yard attack.