35 Facts About Jared Fogle

Jared Fogle's popularity led to his appearances in over 300 commercials during his 15 years with Subway, alongside other media appearances.

Allegations of Jared Fogle having inappropriate relations with minors began in 2007 but did not gain traction until 2015 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered that he received child pornography from an associate.

Jared Fogle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 23,1977, to Norman and Adrienne Jared Fogle.

Jared Fogle had a bar mitzvah while on a trip to Israel, and then was confirmed by his Conservative-Reconstructionist synagogue.

In 1995, Jared Fogle graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis.

Jared Fogle graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2000 and then worked briefly in the revenue management department at American Trans Air.

Jared Fogle 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 and one large veggie sub along with some baked potato chips and diet soda, totalling about 2,000 calories.

The introductory test ads were a success, so Jared Fogle subsequently appeared in more television commercials as well as sponsored in-store appearances throughout the United States.

Jared Fogle gave talks on the benefits of fitness and healthy eating.

In 2002, Fogle was the subject of an episode of South Park titled "Jared Has Aides".

Jared Fogle has stated that while the episode had "typical[ly] tasteless humor", the fact that an entire episode was devoted to him was "very flattering".

Jared Fogle added, "you know you've made it when shows like South Park start parodying you".

Jared Fogle was parodied in the 2017 video game South Park: The Fractured but Whole; this occurred after his child pornography conviction.

In February 2008, a Subway campaign called "Tour de Pants" celebrated Jared Fogle maintaining his weight loss for a decade.

Jared Fogle made appearances in the Sharknado film series, beginning with Sharknado 2: The Second One.

Jared Fogle severed all ties with Taylor immediately following the arrest.

In 2007, Jared Fogle came to the attention of state and federal law enforcement agencies after Sarasota, Florida, journalist and radio host Rochelle Herman-Walrond told the Sarasota Police Department he made lewd comments to her about middle school-age girls; she had met Jared Fogle at a local middle school for a health event, as he was in Sarasota for his speaking tour.

Jared Fogle made recordings of Fogle's remarks and saved text messages between them, and then went to the FBI, where agents asked her to record her conversations with him.

Mills's lawyer said that she had alerted Subway's corporate management about the text messages, but that they had responded that because Jared Fogle was not a Subway employee, there was no violation.

On November 19,2015, Jared Fogle formally pleaded guilty before federal judge Tanya Walton Pratt.

When Jared Fogle finished his allocution before Judge Pratt, she sentenced him to 15 years and 8 months in prison, over three years more than what prosecutors had sought and three times what Jared Fogle had requested.

Jared Fogle is able to appeal the sentence, since it is longer than the maximum sentence recommended by the prosecutors.

The appeal brief was due by January 25,2016, but Jared Fogle asked for and was granted an extension for his appeal after Elberger was diagnosed with cancer.

On June 9,2016, Jared Fogle's sentence was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Judge Pratt agreed with the recommendations, but she had no authority to determine where Jared Fogle would serve his sentence.

On November 21,2015, Jared Fogle arrived at the Henderson County, Kentucky, Detention Center, where he was held on a temporary basis.

Jared Fogle entered Federal Bureau of Prisons custody, going to Federal Transfer Center, Oklahoma City, on December 15,2015.

On January 29,2016, Jared Fogle was beaten by fellow inmate Steven Nigg.

On November 8,2017, Judge Pratt dismissed a motion filed by Jared Fogle, which had been prepared for him by a fellow inmate, in which he tried to claim that the court in 2015 did not have jurisdiction to convict Jared Fogle because he is a self-declared "sovereign citizen".

In November 2021, Jared Fogle spoke out from prison for the first time, writing in a letter to the New York Post that he "royally screwed up" and that he runs 4 to 5 miles per day and works out regularly while behind bars, claiming to weigh 180 pounds.

In March 2016, the parents of one of Jared Fogle's victims, identified only as "Jane Doe", filed a lawsuit against Jared Fogle for personal injury and emotional distress.

Jared Fogle potentially faced state charges in New York related to Victims 13 and 14.

In November 2009, Jared Fogle became engaged to Kathleen McLaughlin, a teacher.

In January 2010, People reported that Jared Fogle had gained back 40 pounds and planned to lose it by way of his Subway weight-loss program for his upcoming wedding.

Jared Fogle added that she was focused "exclusively on the well-being of my children" and would have no further comment.