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Jared Fogle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 23, 1977, to Norman and Adrian Fogle. He has a younger brother and sister and was raised in a Jewish home. He had a bar mitzvah while on a trip to Israel and then was confirmed by his conservative Reconstructionist Synagogue. In 1995, Fogel graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000 and then worked briefly in the Revenue Management Department at American Trans Air. Fogel first came to media attention in April 1999 via an article published in the Indiana Daily Student by a former writer doormate about Fogel's losing 245 pounds by exercising and eating a diet of subway sandwiches. Subsequently, Fogel was featured in Men's Health magazine under an article titled Stupid Diets That Work. According to the article, Fogle had become obese. At one point, he weighed 425 pounds through lack of exercise and eating junk food. Fogel changed his eating habits upon the switch to eating at Subway, replacing his 10,000 calorie per day food consumption with one small turkey sub, baked chips and a diet coke for lunch, and one large resie sub for dinner with baked chips and a diet soda totaling 2,000 calories. A Chicago area subway franchisee took Fogel's story to Subway in Chicago-based advertising agencies. At a test, the company ran a regional television advertising campaign. The first ad aired on January 1st, 2000, introducing Fogle and his story with the following disclaimer. You should check with your doctor before starting any diet program. But it worked for Jared. Because the introductory test ads were successful, Fogle subsequently appeared in more television commercials as well as sponsored in-store appearances throughout the United States. He gave talks on the benefits of fitness and eating healthy. In 2002, Fogle was the subject of an episode of South Park titled Jared Has AIDS. Fogle has stated that while the episode had typically tasteless humor, the fact that an entire episode was devoted to him was quote very flattering. He added, You know you've made it when shows like South Park played parodying with you. Fogle also appeared in the 2017 video game South Park, the Fractured But Whole as a boss. This occurred after the child pornography conviction. In February 2008, Subway campaign called Toured the Pants celebrated Fogle's maintaining his weight loss for a decade. As part of the campaign, Fogel made an announcement that he would retire his pair of 62-inch pants to a museum at the end of the advertising tour. Beginning in 2008, Fogel's presence in Subway advertisement decreased due to the company's placing a new emphasis on its $5 foot-long program. Fogels Road and Subway afforded him such opportunities such as appearances in WWE in 2009 and 2011. By 2013, Fogel had filmed more than 300 commercials and continued to make appearances and speeches for the company. Subway attributed one-third to one-half of its growth in sales to Fogel, with revenue having tripled from 1998 to 2011. Fogel made appearances in the Sharknado film series beginning with Sharknado 2, the second one. He had a cameo appearance in Sharknado 3 Oh Hell No, though this was cut from a sci-fi channel broadcast version a week before the premiere when his house was searched by the FBI. In 2004, Fogle established the Jared Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on raising awareness about childhood obesity through educational programs and tools provided to parents, schools, and community organizations. He met Russell Taylor when Taylor was a youth market director for the American Heart Association. Fogel was speaking at three elementary schools and asked Taylor to write him a keynote speech he had to give in Illinois after Fogle began to contact Taylor to help him with events. In August 2015, a USA Today article reported that Jarrett Foundation had not issued any grants nor had it given funds for its stated purpose. The article further noted, on average the foundation spent $73,000 a year, with the majority of that figure paying for the salary of the foundation's executive director. More than one quarter of the funds were unaccounted for per the foundation's tax records. The Secretary of State of Indiana dissolved the organization in February 2012 because it did not pay the required $5 annual reporting fees during the two previous years, despite being requested to do so on multiple occasions. Daniel Borchoff, president of the nonprofit charity Watch, was quoted by USA Today as saying, quote, if Jared was really interested in helping children through his foundation, he could have gotten more money. As with a lot of celebrities, the charity appears to be more about image enhancement than charitable deeds. The Woman Who Caught Jared Fogle and the Florida Connection. In 2007, Fogel came to the attention of state and federal law enforcement agencies after Sarasota Florida journalist and radio host Rochelle Herman Waldrud told the Sarasota Police Department he had made lewd comments to her about middle school-aged girls. She had met Fogle in 2006 at a local middle school for a health event as he was in Sarasota for his speaking tour and she was hosting a local radio program devoted to health issues. She said he had an ego, but it was a good interview. After the radio interview, he flirted with her, and during that conversation, she let him know that her daughter wanted to meet him. He agreed and she later took pictures of both of them. At the television interview, things got dark. Fogle, who had become recently divorced, amped up his flirting and even tried to hold her hand. Right before the interview started, he whispered in her ear that he thought middle school age girls, quote, were hot. Rochelle was shaken by the interaction and just tried to get through the interview. Later, when she rumored on her comments, she realized that he had a lot of access to children because of his motivational speaking gigs at schools. Herman Waldron was shocked when Fogle made the remark about the attraction to middle schoolers. This individual must want to get caught. Troubled by his admission, she followed what she calls journalistic instincts and befriended Fogle with the goal of finding out more about his apparent attractions to minors. He would talk about what he would like children to do, what he would like children to do to him, and it was very creepy and very scary. She made recordings of Fogel's remarks and saved text messages between them, and then went to the FBI. However, she herself was in a bind. She had technically committed a crime in recording him because Florida is a two-party consent state, which means both parties have to be aware that they are being recorded. She faced possibly felony charges and that the tape she gave them would not hold up in court. But according to her, the FBI wanted her to continue secretly recording him. The difference was that she had to read from scripts and become an undercover asset for the FBI. Rochelle befriended Fogle and for the next four years surreptitiously recorded her conversations with him as part of an ongoing federal investigation. She would meet with federal agents in the middle of the night at abandoned parking lots to give them the tapes she had recorded. She recorded him making several remarks about having sex with underage girls. Fogel asked which of her children's friends she thought were, quote, pretty hot and quote, pretty cute. She mentioned several children whose identities she made up, including a fictitious seven-year-old from a broken home, that she said Fogel singled out as quote, definite possibility, and asking her to install a webcam in her children's room so he could watch them. At one point, Fogle suggested flying to Thailand. Quote, if we're going to try to get some young kids with us, it would be a lot easier, he said in one of the recorded conversations. The stress affected her work, her health, and her family. One day her daughter found her diary, detailing her conversations with him. She resolved that she needed to put a stop to this and catch him. She worked together with the FBI to set up a fake birthday party for her son in order to lure him into this thing. She then had to talk to him about repulsive things he wanted to do, including preying on the most vulnerable. He even asked her to offer up her own children to him. This felt like a shot to the heart. They were only 10 and 11. She found it very hard to hold it together, but was determined to finish what she had started. Unfortunately, this thing fell apart when Fogle changed his travel plans and the FBI couldn't work with the timetable. Ultimately, the FBI could not pursue a case against Fogle using the recordings because they needed more substantive evidence against him. Russell Taylor FBI raided Taylor's house initially in search of bestiality videos stemming from text between him and a female friend about her running a quote male horse farm and him asking to borrow a horse to engage in sex. Taylor claims that sex was part of a running joke between the two. On April 29, 2015, Russell Taylor, director of the Jarrett Foundation, was arrested at his Indianapolis home on charges of child exploitation, possession of child pornography, and voyeurism. Fogle severed old ties with him immediately following the arrest. Taylor attempted suicide on May 6, 2015 at the Marion County Jail and was placed on life support. Taylor pled guilty to the charges on September 1, 2015, and on December 10, 2015, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. During his sentencing, he begged for leniency, holding back tears. He apologized to his victims and asked the judge to, quote, not allow me to rot in the landfill of lost souls with a lengthy prison term. But Judge Tanya Walton Pratt gave Taylor more than the 15 to 23 years that his attorneys had asked for as part of the plea agreement. This motherfucker had the nerve to say, quote, he had been falling asleep in a puddle of tears every night since his arrest, and told the judge she has never had a prisoner stand in your court more remorseful than I am today. Investigators say Russell Taylor secretly recorded images of 12 children ages 9 through 15, including family members, from March 2011 through April 2015 in his home and they shared the images with Fogle. In court documents, Taylor admitted to using hidden cameras to produce child porn. Taylor said because he traveled so often with Fogle, he set up cameras in his home to make sure nothing was ever taken. He said it started by accident with a security camera captured a sexual encounter in his home office. The incident, by the way, was a teenage family friend who had been doing some work at the home and had engaged in sex with the male in view of the cameras upon reviewing the footage. When he mentioned it to Fogle, Fogle demanded to watch the video. After telling Fogel about the accidental tape, he said that Fogel encouraged him to hide nanny camps in other areas where, quote, minors would be when either changing clothes or undressing to shower or bathe. Taylor also states Fogle was psychologically abusive, referring to himself as Taylor's quote, Daddy. Here comes the grossest paragraph I think I have ever said on this podcast. There would be discussions of how much Mr. Taylor loved Daddy and reminded him that Daddy was paying for things. For example, Fogle would say, Who is paying for this stuff? And Taylor would respond, You are Daddy. Fogel and Taylor would travel the country to promote healthy living to children while seeking out strippers and prostitutes. Taylor claims that low self-esteem and family instability left him with a highly sexualized lifestyle. Taylor also claims Jared Fogle pressured him to drink heavily while they traveled together. Jared made me drink all the time. We drink like fishes when we were out. He'd paid for more wine in a year than he paid me to work for him. Taylor began going to therapy in 2012 to, among other things, address, quote, a significant problem with being assertive in a healthy manner with his boss. Fogle flew Taylor to a Colts Patriots game in Providence, Rhode Island. Following the game, the pair went to the Foxy Ladies Strip Club. Taylor claims a stripper came back with us to the champagne room, and Jared said, if you can convince her to come back to our hotel room, I will pay you. Taylor said he was able to convince the woman to come back. She has sex with both of us that began our 12-year run. Taylor says he first became aware of Fogle's sexual interest in children the day after he met him. Taylor said he learned that if I laughed at the jokes and comments, if I went along with them, if I let it pass and be okay with it, no harm, no foul. Taylor says he and Fogel frequently picked up women while they were on the road. He would go on to a bar and women would want to know him. We would go and party with them, have sex with them. We were always aware of the age of consent. In Indiana, it's 16. Taylor says around 2008, Fogle quote became more serious about kids. Taylor claims Fogle asked him to get Roofies, the date rape drug, to drug kids. He had me text poor people and offer them money to get pictures of their kids. He wanted me to drug kids to knock them out so he could touch them. Jared wanted me to set him up with kids. He wanted me to set up all the sexual stuff online, including access to porn sites in my name, and then he would pay the bill. Everything was in my name. Taylor recalled Jared would say, Daddy needs some pictures. Taylor claims that even though Fogle knew he was gluten intolerant, he would make me eat gluten like pizza and donuts. He was cruel. Taylor claims he rationalized his behavior, thinking that by sharing child pornography with Fogle, Jared's quote, fantasies wouldn't evolve into pedophilia in real life. Taylor said Fogle would make me promises about my future, his plans to pay me six figures. The last 10 years have been about me, keeping him out of trouble. Taylor denied being sexually attracted to children, but admitted that he was engaged in swinging with his wife and other couples, as well as Orgi's. Taylor claims he was part of a swingers club. Psychologists who examined Taylor determined he has dependent personality disorder characterized by pervasive psychological dependence on other people. However, during the investigation into Russell Taylor's child pornography operation, authorities discovered that Taylor had traded sexually explicit photos and videos of children, some as young as six with Fogel. Taylor, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, was later named an unindicted co-conspirator in the FBI's case against Fogel. Quote, what we found in Russell Taylor's home and on his computers led us to Jared Fogle, said Tim Horty, a spokesman for the United States Department of Justice. On July 7, 2015, the FBI and Indiana State Police investigators raided Fogel's Zionville, Indiana residence and arrested him on distribution and receipt of child pornography charges. Computers and other electronic equipment were removed from his home. The same day, a spokesperson for Subway announced that the company and Fogel had mutually agreed to suspend their business relationship. Subsequently, Subway removed all references to Fogel from its website. Following Fogel's arrest, the FBI also subpoenaed a series of text messages made in 2008 between Fogle and Subway franchisee Cindy Mills, with whom he was having a sexual relationship with at the time. In these messages, Fogel talked about sexually abusing children ranging in age from 9 to 16, told her to sell herself for sex on Craigless, and asked her to arrange for him to have sex with a 16-year-old cousin. Mills' lawyer said that she alerted Subway's corporate management about the text messages, but they had responded that because Fogel was not a Subway employee, there was no violation. Subway representatives said they had no record of Mills' allegation. Assistant U.S. attorney Steven De Brother said, quote, he would travel around the U.S. for subway, but when he's not in the public, Jared Fogel spent $12,000 a year on sex workers. Then he would ask if they had any access to underage prostituted minors. On August 19, 2015, 43 days after the raid, federal prosecutors announced that they had reached a deal with Fogel in which he would plead guilty to two counts. One of distribution and receipt of child pornography, and one of traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, specifically from Indiana to New York City, where he is charged with paying to engage in sexual acts with a 17 year old girl. Prosecutors allege that Fogle offered adult prostitutes a finder's fee to find him younger sex partners. According to documents released by federal prosecutors, Fogel has also agreed to pay a total of $1.4 million in restitution, that's $100,000 to each victim. Vogel faced up to 50 years in prison had he had gone to trial. However, as part of the plea deal, which was not binding on the sentencing judge, prosecutors agreed to seek no more than 12.5 years. In return, Fogle agreed to a minimum sentence of five years. Soon after the plea deal was announced, Subway announced via Twitter that he had completely severed ties with Fogel. As a condition of his plea deal, Fogel would be restricted to supervised contact or communication with minors upon approval of his probation officer. Supervised visits with his own children would be allowed only with the approval of their mother, Fogel's soon-to-be ex-wife, Katie McLaughlin. Fogel had already made a request to visit his two children in September, but McLaughlin contested it. Upon release from prison, Fogel will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and undergo treatment for sexual disorders. On November 19, 2015, Fogle formally pled guilty before federal judge Tanya Walton Pratt. In a statement, Fogle apologized for his crimes, saying that he had wanted a chance to become a quote, good, honest person and redeem his life after being ensnared in a life of obsession, lies, and complete self-centeredness. According to John Bradford, a forensic psychiatrist who testified for Fogel's defense team, Fogel suffered from a consumption eating disorder for several years before losing the weight and replaced food with a sense of hypersexuality, which included mild or weak pedophilia. That diagnosis was not accepted by experts in the psychiatry field and was criticized by Pratt on social media. Liberty Behavioral Health Corp psychologist Adam Deming suggested that Bradford had meant to say that Fogel's primary sexual attraction was to early teenagers, but that he had a lesser attraction to younger children. Pratt sentenced Fogle to 15 years and eight months in prison, over three years more than what prosecutors had sought and three times what Fogle had requested. Pratt stated that the level of perversion and honestness exhibited by Mr. Fogel is extreme. Fogel must serve a minimum of 13 years before becoming eligible for time off with good behavior. After serving his sentence, he will be on supervised release for the rest of his life. Pratt also fines him $175,000 and ordered him to forfeit $50,000 in assets for a total of $225,000 in addition to the $1.4 million in restitution. Fogel's lawyer, Von Elderberg, filed a notice of appeal on December 14, 2015. Fogel is able to appeal the sentence since it's no longer than the maximum sentence recommended by the prosecutors. The appeal brief was due by January 25, 2016, but Fogel asked for an extension for his appeal after Elderberger was diagnosed with cancer. The extension was granted. After the appeal was filed, the U.S. Attorney's Office responded by opposing any sentence reduction. The office cited Fogel's text messages to a woman in which Fogle stated he would, quote, pay you big for a 14 or 15-year-old and that underage girls are what I crave. In these text messages, he also expressed sexual interest in young boys. On June 9, 2016, Fogel's sentence was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Fogel's lawyers recommended that he serve his sentence at Federal Correction Institution, Inglewood, near Littleton, Colorado. It has a program for sex offenders. Judge Pratt agreed with the recommendation, but she has no authority to determine where Fogle would serve his sentence. On November 21, 2015, Fogle arrived at Henderson County, Kentucky Detention Center, where he was held on a temporary basis. Fogle entered the Federal Bureau of Prisons or Cold Pop custody, going to Federal Transfer Center Oklahoma City on December 15, 2015. Three days later, he was transferred to FCI Inglewood. Fogle's Bureau of Prisons number is 12919-028. His earliest possible release is March 24, 2029. In March 2016, Fogel was assaulted by another inmate, Steve Nag. The attack left Fogle with a bleeding nose, swollen face, and scratches on his neck. Nag was then transferred to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, before being transferred to FCI Latouna in El Paso County, Texas. On November 8, 2017, Judge Pratt dismissed a motion filed by Fogle, who was hoping to overturn his convictions by stating that the federal court did not have jurisdiction to convict him. She also dismissed another motion filed on behalf of Fogle by fellow inmate Frank Pate, stating the court did not have jurisdiction Fogel's status as a purported sovereign citizen. There is nothing that I love more than sovereign citizens and cults. It is a deep dive into the rabbit hole. So for those who don't know, the sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters, and conspiracy theorists who claim to be answerable only to their particular interpretations of the common law and believe that they are therefore not subject to any government statutes or proceedings unless they consent to them. The movement, which appeared in the early 1970s, is American in origin and exists primarily in the United States, though it has expanded to other countries. The Freeman on the Land Movement, an offshoot of the sovereign citizen movement, which similar doctrines emerged during the 2000s in Canada before spreading to other Commonwealth countries. In the United States, the FBI described sovereign citizens as the following anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or sovereign from the United States. The sovereign citizens phenomenon is one of the main contemporary sources of pseudo-law, adheres to its ideology that the courts have no jurisdiction over people, and that the use of certain procedures such as writing specific phrases on bills, they do not want to pay, and loopholes can make one immune from the government laws and regulations. They also regard most forms of taxation as illegitimate and reject the use of such things as Social Security numbers, driver's license, and vehicle registration. Sovereign citizen arguments have no basis in law and have never been successful in court. The movement may appeal to people facing financial or legal difficulties or wishing to resist perceived government oppression and looking for a mechanism that will solve their problems. As a result, it has grown significantly during times of economic or social crisis. Most schemes promoted by sovereign citizens involve means to avoid taxes, ignore laws, eliminate debts, or extract money from the government. American participants in the movement claim that the United States federal government is illegitimate. They argue the concept of individual sovereignty in opposition to the idea of quote federal citizens who they say have unknowingly forfeited their rights by accepting some aspect of federal law. While the sovereign citizens movement was originally associated with white supremacists and antisemitism, it now attracts people of various ethnicities, including a significant number of African Americans. The latter sometimes belong to self-declared Moorish sex. The majority of sovereign citizens are not violent and many will use pseudo tactics to attempts to ignore certain rules, to evade responsibility for debt, or to avoid having to pay license fees and traffic tickets. However, the methods advocated by the movement are illegal and warrant prosecution. Sovereign citizens notably adhere to their fraudulent schemes promoted by redemption. Many sovereign citizens have been found guilty of enfessing such as tax evasion, hostile possession, forgery, threat against public officials, bank fraud or check fraud, as well as various degrees of traffic violations. Two of the most important crackdowns by U.S. authorities on sovereign citizens organizations have been the 1996 case of the Montana Freeman and the 2018 sentencing of Judge Bruce Dusset and his associates. Because some have engaged in armed confrontations with the law enforcement, the FBI classifies sovereign citizens as extremists and demonic terrorists. Terry Nichols, one of the perpetrators of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, subscribed to a variation of sovereign citizen ideology. In surveys conducted in 2014 and 2015, representatives of U.S. law enforcement ranked the risk of terrorism from a sovereign citizen movement higher than the risk from any other groups, including Islamic extremists, militias, racist skinheads, neo-Nazis, and radical environmentalists. The New South Wales police force in Australia has also identified sovereign citizens as a potential terroristic threat. Here come the lawsuits. The parents of one of Fogle's victims filed a lawsuit against Fogle for personal injury and emotional distress. Fogel filed a motion arguing that the parents are actually liable for the injuries because the parents fought and abused alcohol in front of their daughter. On October 24, 2016, Kathleen McLaughlin, Jarrett's now ex-wife, filed lawsuit against Subway in Indiana. The suit alleges that Subway violated McLaughlin's privacy and property rights and caused personal injury to McLaughlin by covering up at least three instances of Fogle's illegal behavior that were reported to senior management, including the allegation that Subway's senior vice president of marketing hushed up a 2004 incident in which Fogle propositioned a young girl at a promotional event at Subway franchise in Las Vegas. The lawsuit was dismissed in October 2017, with the judge writing that the court lacked jurisdiction since the principal business operations were outside of Indiana. There are potential for additional charges. Fogle potentially faced state charges in New York relating to victims 13 and 14. Potential state crimes included statutory rape and other trafficking persons for sexual reasons. Fogel's federal plea deal has no standing regarding state charges, so there would have been no double jeopardy had New York opted to pursue a criminal case. However, New York state attorney Matthew R. Smalls stated that New York State was unlikely to bring state charges since it would have to mount a new investigation and get testimony from victims. Small believed that a prosecutor in New York would quote really be tone deaf to ask victims 13 and 14 to tell their stories again, let alone testify before another grand jury. Abby Phillip of the Washington Post states as a legal matter, Fogle may never be charged with rape or legally labeled with having committed that crime. In the aftermath, Jared Fogle stated to the New York Post that he had royally screwed up, that he runs 4-5 miles per day and works out regularly while behind bars, claiming to weigh 180 pounds. In a letter dated November 7, 2021, Fogel writing to an unknown recipient said he thinks constantly about those he let down, especially my family. He went on to say, I really screwed up. To wind up where I am, I was selfish and entitled. But then he brags about how he is the best shape of his life in prison. Quote, I run four to five miles every day, and I'm the most healthy and in shape I've ever been. We don't have a lot of control over our daily lives in prison, but working out is one of the things I can't control. I currently weigh 180 pounds. I try to avoid too much junk food. I snack on granola bars and protein bars. I really feel good physically and mentally. But he did admit to missing certain small things about life on the outside, such as walking barefoot on a carpet, sleeping on a nice comfy mattress, and eating real silverware, also having access to a microwave. He added, All I can do is learn from my mistakes to be a better man when I get released in a few years. I very much look forward to restarting my life and enjoying every moment with my family who have stood by me and supported me. I'm so lucky to have them. In his personal life, 2009 for Fogle became engaged to Kathleen McLaughlin, a teacher. In January 2010, people reported that Fogle had gained back 40 pounds and planned to lose it by way of a subway diet loss program for his upcoming wedding. Fogel and McLaughlin married in August 2010 and had two children together, a son born in 2011 and a daughter born in 2013. In 2013, Fogel had a net worth of $15 million. On August 19, 2015, following Fogel's appearance in federal court on charges of sex with minors and child pornography, his wife released a statement through her attorney announcing that she was seeking a divorce. She added that she was focused exclusively on the well-being of my children and would have no further comment. The divorce was finalized on November the 16th, 2015. Fogel agreed to pay his now ex-wife $7 million. According to court filings, she had traveled out of state before Fogel's plea deal and opted to stay in an undisclosed location to protect herself and the children from the media circus surrounding Fogle's crimes. A three-part documentary film about Fogle and his crimes called Jared from Subway Catching a Monster was broadcast on the ID network March 2023. The aftermath for Russell Taylor Taylor's conviction was overturned in 2020 after it was found his defense attorney had failed to challenge three charges that were not related to the case. A new trial was set, and in June 2021, Taylor pled guilty to 24 counts of producing child sexual abuse, material, and other offenses, according to the United States Attorney's Office, and in May 2022, he was sentenced to 324 months or 27 years in federal prison. Per the U.S. Attorney's Office, when Taylor's original conviction was overturned, he and his ex-wife, Angela Baldwin, were both investigated during that re-examination of evidence. It was found that between 2011 and 2015, Taylor and Baldwin worked together and with other individuals, including Jared Fogle, to produce, possess, and distribute child sexual abuse material. It was also found that Taylor and Baldwin had shared sexually explicit footage and pictures with each other, with Fogle, and with others. Federal prosecutor Catherine Oliver read statements during Taylor's resentencing from some of the victims, some of who are Taylor's and Baldwin's relatives, who said they expect to need mental health and medication for the rest of their lives. One victim said she checks for cameras anytime she's in a bathroom at a house that isn't hers. During sentencing, Judge Pratt described the four-year grooming exploitation and molestation of the children as a mutual perversion between Taylor, Baldwin, and Fogle. Taylor told the court after resentencing he was a vile, selfish, self-loathing, sorry excuse for a human, but that time in prison had changed him. He said he had taken advantage of a sex offender rehabilitation class while incarcerated. Baldwin was convicted by a jury in October 2021 for two counts of production of child sexual abuse material, conspiracy to produce sexual abuse material, and possession of child sexual abuse material. She was sentenced to 400 months or 33 years in federal prison. There is a really good article on People.com titled Two Sisters Who Were Victimized by Disgraced Subway Spokesman Jared Fogle share their story. Hannah Pratt and Christian Saltwater are the stepdaughters of Russell Taylor and daughters of Angela Baldwin, and they tell their story. Again, please watch the three-part documentary film about Fogle and his crimes called Jared from Subway Catching a Monster on Discovery ID and HBO Max that will release on March 2023, possibly with a Subway sub in your hand. This episode was not sponsored by Subway.

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