Where is Jared Fogle? 'Subway' pedo THANKS prison for getting into 'shape of his life'
A former spokesman for Subway, who was convicted after pleading guilty to possessing child porn and soliciting sex with a minor, has spoken out for the first time about his life behind bars. Jared Fogle, 44, penned a letter from prison, quoting lines from the 1994 blockbuster 'The Shawshank Redemption' while detailing his workout routine.
The jailed pedophile had some 400 child porn videos in his possession and pleaded guilty in 2015 to child pornography charges and paying for sex with an underage girl after traveling from Indiana to New York City. The judge ordered him to pay $1.4 million in restitution to 14 victims, the New York Post reported.
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Where is Jared Fogle?
Fogle is currently serving a nearly 16-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution (F.C.I.) in Englewood, Colorado.
“I really royally screwed up to wind up where I am,” he wrote in a letter dated November 7, 2021, obtained by The Post, adding, “I was selfish and entitled." The father-of-two said he's inspired by a line from the Frank Darabont movie 'The Shawshank Redemption'. “Something like, ‘You can either get busy living or get busy dying’ when you are sent to prison. I’ve done everything I can to get busy living and make the most of this unwanted experience.” Fogle — who has a son, 11, and a daughter, 9, with his second wife Kathleen McLaughlin — wrote that he thinks “about all the people I’ve let down every single day, especially my family." McLaughlin divorced Fogle three months after he was busted on the sex charges.
The former Subway poster boy shot to fame in 1999, when he claimed to have lost hundreds of pounds by exercising and slashing his daily calorie intake to 2,000 from 10,000. According to The Post, Fogle's lunch consisted of Subway's six-inch turkey sub, a bag of baked potato chips, and a Diet Coke. Meanwhile, for dinner, he consumed a foot-long veggie sub and a Diet Coke. Fogle landed a series of appearances in the chain's advertising campaigns, amassing an estimated $15 million fortune.
Speaking of his diet behind bars, Fogle said he tries to "avoid too much junk food. I snack on granola bars and protein bars. I feel really good physically and mentally.” He added that he's currently in great shape thanks to a “rigorous fitness” regimen. “I run four to five miles every day and am the most healthy and in shape I’ve ever been,” he wrote. “We don’t have a lot of control over our daily lives in prison but working out is one of the things I can control. I currently weigh 180 pounds.” Fogle was reportedly the heaviest version of himself in 1998 when he was a student at Indiana University, weighing a staggering 425 pounds. He then claimed to have lost at least 245 pounds on his Subway diet.
The convicted felon wrote that he now spends his time watching college and NFL football, “which makes the weekends fly by.” Meanwhile, he reads the New York Times every day and also likes “all kinds of books, especially historical fiction. I still love to laugh and smile." He adds, “I really miss the small things like walking barefoot on the carpet, sleeping on a nice comfy mattress, eating with real silverware, having access to a microwave… All I can do is learn from my mistakes to be a better man when I get released in a few years.”
Fogle has fought to have his term reduced but must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons records, the earliest he can be released from custody is March 24, 2029, and will have to register as a sex offender. During his trial, prosecutors accused Fogle of soliciting escorts to “provide him with access to minors as young as 14 to 15 years.” Fogle concluded his prison letter with the words, "I very much look forward to re-starting my life and enjoying every moment with my family who have stood by and supported me. I’m so lucky to have them."