Four more victims will get compensation before he is sentenced.
By Raif Karerat
Ten victims of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle have been awarded a total of $1 million in restitution after he plead guilty to child pornography and sex-crime charges, while his four other victims could receive checks before he’s sentenced next month.
The $100,000 checks were hand-delivered to each of the 10 victims or their parents over the past several weeks, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven DeBrota told The Associated Press on Thursday.
DeBrota said that by the time a federal judge sentences Fogle on Nov. 19 to a minimum of five years in prison, prosecutors expect to have either presented checks to Fogle’s four other victims or to have plans in place to disburse those funds to them.
The litigator also noted he’s handled only one other case in which restitution was paid to victims before sentencing in nearly 25 years of prosecuting child porn cases.
Fogle, 38, a father of two, agreed to plead guilty Aug. 19 to one count each of traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and distribution and receipt of child pornography, according to NBC News.
As part of the deal, prosecutors have agreed not to seek a sentence of more than 12-and-a-half years in prison, while Fogle agreed not to ask for less than five years.
Fogle, known around the world by his first name, became a Subway spokesman more than 15 years ago after he lost more than 200 pounds partly due to eating the chain’s sandwiches.