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Jewish Subway Spokesman Fogle: Sicker Than We Thought

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FORMER Subway pitchman Jared Fogle once tried to persuade a journalist to put hidden cameras in her young children’s rooms, according to the woman’s claims. (ILLUSTRATION: Jared Fogle exits a courthouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday.)

I had two young children at the time, and he talked to me about installing hidden cameras in their rooms and asked me if I would choose which child I would like him to watch,” Rochelle Herman said on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”

Herman said she has been working with the FBI for nearly a decade in its investigation into Fogle, now 37 and the father of two children under 5.

Herman told CNN that she wore wires for more than four years to record conversations with Fogle in which he talked to her “numerous times over the course of years about having sex with minors.”

“He talked about sex with underage children,” she told CNN. “It was just something that he really, really enjoyed.”

Fogle was charged this week with possessing and distributing child pornography and traveling across state lines to have sex with minors. He plans to plead guilty to the crimes and pay $1.4 million in restitution to 14 victims.

Herman first grew alarmed by Fogle’s interest in minors during a health event at a Florida school in 2007. She was covering the event for a local TV station.

“He told me that he thought middle school girls were so hot,” Herman told CNN. “I was in shock … I actually was questioning, ‘Did I really just hear what I think I heard?’ I looked over at my cameraman … and he was just astounded.”

Herman contacted the FBI about Fogle’s comments and worked with them for years in its investigation.

Fogle first rose to fame as Subway’s spokesman 15 years ago, after losing more than 200 pounds while eating the restaurant’s sandwiches. He reportedly has a net worth of $15 million.

Subway’s decision to suspend its relationship with Fogle marks an end to the chain’s most lucrative endorsement deal.

The company’s chief marketing officer told the New York Daily News in 2013 that Fogle was likely responsible for one-third to one-half of Subway’s growth in the previous 15 years.

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In addition to his work for Subway, Fogle also started the Jared Foundation, a charitable group aimed at helping children develop better eating and exercise habits.

According to prosecutors, Fogle often scheduled business trips to coincide with his sexual pursuits.

Subway claims it had no knowledge of Fogle’s behavior. The company ended its relationship with Fogle after the FBI raided his house last month.

A former Subway franchisee claims she made company executives aware of his alleged interest in children years ago, however.

As Business Insider previously reported, the franchisee claims she shared disturbing text-message conversations from 2008 with Subway in which Fogle asked her to set up a meeting with her underage cousin, according to the franchisee’s lawyer.

The messages that appeared to be from Fogle also repeatedly asked the woman to advertise herself on Craigslist for sex with other men, according to the lawyer. He asked her if he could watch the sexual acts and told her she can make about $500 per act, the woman said.

The woman claims she contacted Subway’s corporate office regarding the issue, and she requested Subway allow her to remove all marketing related to Fogle from her store, according to the lawyer.

She met with two levels of management, shared the messages with them, “and specifically requested not to have his imagery and merchandising related to him in her stores,” the lawyer said. “She also specifically warned them that he should not be interacting with young people.”

Jared Fogle’s actions are inexcusable and do not represent our brand’s values,” the company said in a statement Wednesday. “We had already ended our relationship with Jared.”

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Source: Yahoo! Finance

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Michael Olanich
Michael Olanich
26 August, 2015 6:21 pm

Only $1.4 million in restitution? Likely a drop in the bucket compared to how much Subway paid him during the last 2 decades. And there is no mention of any jail time associated with his guilty-plea. What a nauseating specimen.

Heinemann
Heinemann
27 August, 2015 11:11 am

Isn’t having money grand? Now , one learns why they have that wry, equivocal smile.

Andrew
Andrew
Reply to  Heinemann
30 June, 2023 12:35 pm

I’m sure it’s more than just money involved. Bill Cosby had a higher net worth (and I use that term loosely when you think on how ridiculous it is to judge a man by his bank account) than Jared and he still was sent to prison, although it did take decades for his crimes to fully come to light.