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Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to plead guilty to child pornography charges
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That link takes me to the ABC Business page.
Empyrean Heaven
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Whelp, called it.
And I had Subway today too. Shit. Going to go and vomit that up now.
And I had Subway today too. Shit. Going to go and vomit that up now.
Omegasquash
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Likewise. Anyone got a different link?
Seems like kind of old news:
http://www.eater.com/2015/8/29/9225...ms-subway-execs-new-about-jared-fogle-in-2008
Omegasquash
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Thank you.
Also: Jesus Christ. If even an iota of all this is true (and I'm guessing it's WAY more than that), fuck Subway right out of business.
I don't know which is more despicable. The fact they stole donation money or the fact that yet another charity being exposed as a sham will likely harm real charities.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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If true omg
I haven't eaten at Subway in well over 5 years due to finding their food exceptionally mediocre and intensely disliking their advertisements, so this isn't exactly a rash decision on my part.
Oh, sure. But I mean... I don't think my personal boycott, or even something more organized, would really have much of an effect. We have 19 Subways in my metro area of just under 200,000. For reference, we have 10 McDonald's. They've effectively convinced people that it's ~healthy~ and it's cheap. I'd absolutely love for them to go under, but I don't think there's any chance of that. I'd feel bad if the front line employees got laid off, but I'm sure there'd be some other company who would replace them. Hopefully one that's less shitty!
Also, fucking this. God I can't stand him.
Black-Wind
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Yup, I'm not touching subway again.
A decision made easier by them moving away from the 5$ foot long deal for their foot longs that aren't worth more than 5$ in my book.
A decision made easier by them moving away from the 5$ foot long deal for their foot longs that aren't worth more than 5$ in my book.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Random Painted HIghway
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That's a good hit, more than the prosecutors were intending to ask for. I've followed the Indy star live blogging and it seemed clear the judge wasn't impressed with the defense and probably didn't believe fogle's testimony and downplaying of his role in everything.
Good. Fuck that scumbag. I was going to be pissed the fuck off if he had gotten that low ball number they were floating around in the beginning.
Omegasquash
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Good. May he rot there for what he's done.
Empyrean Heaven
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100 years too low.
Plea deal was that the prosecution would recommend 12. The judge was never bound to that recommendation so it's probably easy to bargain with it if they knew they had a solid case. His business partner has a similar plea deal I think and the max recommendation there from the prosecution is 35 years. Wouldn't be surprised to see that judge also give more than what the prosecution recommends.
Legally it does make huge difference. He'd probably be doing a lot more time if he had. 15-17 is a different felony than 14 and under. At least where I live in AZ it could be different elsewhere.
I don't think that millionaires have the same sort of prison experience as us plebes do on average.
Afro Samurai
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What, Jared the Subway Guy went to prison for pornography charges?
Why would he do that, he has enough money for a decent life.
Why would he do that, he has enough money for a decent life.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
"she be aight"
RPGCrazied
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Should have got more than that.
He plead guilty to possession of child pornography and paying for sex with a minor. His business partner took pictures and video of children, which he gave some of to Jared. He basically abused, and facilitated and encouraged, sexual abuse of children.
Beer Monkey
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As much as I detest this man, I am still very disturbed at the number of comments on social media where people are saying the best thing about this sentence is that he'll get raped repeatedly in the genpop in prison.
How on earth do you cheer for rape in any circumstances?
How on earth do you cheer for rape in any circumstances?
While true I thought one or two of his victims was 13-14 when it happened.
I might be mixing that up with the other case involving his charity though.
The Blackrose
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Wait a minute. Did he just say that the Subway diet led to all of this?
Random Painted HIghway
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Who knew that that defense wouldn't work. Trading food addiction for a sex addiction. Hmm. Ok then. You know Jared, most people that lose that much weight don't go trolling after the type and age of girls that wouldn't talk to them when they were morbidly obese twenty years earlier.
Edit I like that his attorneys tried to make him into is passive participant- he just accepted the texts and emails! He didn't make them himself!
ryutaro's mama
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It pisses me off that he got such a light sentence.
RPGCrazied
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Well, he is rich. Rich people usually get lighter sentences. Which is ridiculous.
Mammoth Jones
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Yea, it sucks. Dude should be put away for life. That behavior is absolutely unacceptable.
AuthenticM
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Giving him more than what he got wouldn't bring anything more positive. It would just cost the state and taxpayers more money.
The judge forgot a zero at the end of that number.
edit - just clarifying, I'm not actually serious. I don't know how this compares to sentences for similar crimes, but given that it's more than what was previously expected I suppose that's a "good" thing.
Actually, 15 years in federal prison is far harsher than what I thought he'd get.
I honestly thought he'd get less than five years. Shocked (in a good way) that it's fifteen.
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