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Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to plead guilty to child pornography charges

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Toth

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1,400,000 in total huh? Public image ruined, sex offender status, and a million from his pocket with half a decade at least in jail. I hope you get help, Jared, because your life is effectively fucked by your own decisions.

His wife is also divorcing him.
 

Fury451

Banned
He's rich and famous. He won't be going to a regular prison. It will probably just be like a long vacation for him.

He's got "spokesman" money and fame, not "Brad Pitt" money and fame.

They sent Snipes to a regular federal medium-security for taxes- Jared is going to regular prison.
 

Griss

Member
Wow, I'm shocked. What a fuck-up.

Won't apologise for giving him the benefit of the doubt, though. Innocent until proven guilty is the cornerstone of the criminal law.

But christ, openly asking escorts to find him 14-15 year old girls? Was he fucking brain-dead? And it looks like his associate was sharing pics of younger children with him too.

I don't wish any violence against him in jail but so long and good riddance.

EDIT:
Some other points...
-Boycotting Subway would be stupid, there was nothing they could have done;
-A Subway rebrand and new ad campaign needs to happen yesterday;
-Subway food is pretty gross;
-Never liked Jared or thought he was a good pitchman;
-These crimes are disgusting and terrible but most definitely NOT 'worse than murder' as one poster put it;
-Congrats to the feds on a job well done.
 

Lonestar

I joined for Erin Brockovich discussion
Wonder how aggressive Subway will be in trying to destroy all the commericials and print ads featuring him.

All the photo ops with a now known pedophile.
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Steve knows

I will continue to boycot the Subway near work
mostly because it's a garbage dump attached to a shitty gas station
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Just glad he was dumb enough to not have gotten rid of that evidence, once that other guy got caught. Wasn't there like weeks or months between that and the Fed Raid on his house?
 

harSon

Banned
1,400,000 in total huh? Public image ruined, sex offender status, and a million from his pocket with half a decade at least in jail. I hope you get help, Jared, because your life is effectively fucked by your own decisions.

I hope he gets taken to Civil Court on top of this, because even after the $1.4 million in payments and the divorce - he's probably going to still be sitting on millions. It's stomach turning to realize that this sick fuck could potentially live a financially sound life after serving his time.
 

Griss

Member
Yes, but this isn't a courtroom.

You can have an opinion that there's a fire based on smoke.

When dealing with accusations of this magnitude that can wreck a person's reputation I prefer to let it play out rather than risk being wrong. 'Where there's smoke there's fire' is dangerous because while it's often true, it isn't always.

I just got finished with dealing with a family member's trial where they were wrongly accused of something. It was white-collar stuff, so not as emotional or attracting the same vitriol, but to see people turn on them immediately once accused was upsetting. Those same people then act like nothing happened when the facts come out at trial and the judge puts the prosecution on blast for going after the wrong people after a full acquittal by jury.

Better safe than sorry. I need to know the facts before I make personal judgments.
 

YoungHav

Banned
Off with his head.
What a crazy twist! Thinking back to him being the face of Subway and his whole appeal as a genuine nice guy/every man. It reminds of Tiger Woods, where the media persona is absolutely shattered by who they really are.
There's a galaxy and 9 time dimensions worth of difference between extramarital sex with adults and jareds fuckery.
 
Wow, I'm shocked. What a fuck-up.

Won't apologise for giving him the benefit of the doubt, though. Innocent until proven guilty is the cornerstone of the criminal law.

But christ, openly asking escorts to find him 14-15 year old girls? Was he fucking brain-dead? And it looks like his associate was sharing pics of younger children with him too.

I don't wish any violence against him in jail but so long and good riddance.

EDIT:
Some other points...
-Boycotting Subway would be stupid, there was nothing they could have done;
-A Subway rebrand and new ad campaign needs to happen yesterday;
-Subway food is pretty gross;
-Never liked Jared or thought he was a good pitchman;
-These crimes are disgusting and terrible but most definitely NOT 'worse than murder' as one poster put it;
-Congrats to the feds on a job well done.

Yeah I'm really curious as to where Subway goes from here. Yeah Jared is gone but so much of their marketing and catch phrases are linked to Jared in some way. Like he's hte first thing people think about when they think of Five Dollar Footlongs or $6 Selects or whatever they call it now. THey might have to completely rebrand, like change logos and shit.
 

riotous

Banned
He's rich and famous. He won't be going to a regular prison. It will probably just be like a long vacation for him.

Such a weird myth.

Maybe if a celeb is sentence to a short bid in a county or city jail they end up chilling in a rec room drinking soda and playing cards... But prison?

Being famous or part of a famous case could have a number of consequences; MAYBE if it's good fame you are treated kindly... also possible you'll get the opposite.

And at best he's thrown in segregation and he'll spend years nearly alone and bored out of his mind.
 

Jagernaut

Member
Plea deal better end with his ass in prison. Weren't people arguing that he was only dating 16 year old girls and that there was nothing wrong with it because it's "legal".

My view is, any grown ass man dating/having sex/whatever with 16 year olds never stop there. Hell any grown ass man with a 16 year old girl is a pedophile in my book, fuck your dictionary definition.

Lock him up, and fuck the noise of "show empathy" or whatever people like to argue.

Lock him the fuck up.

In many (most?) states you can marry a 16 year old with her parents' permission. Completely legal, just slip them some cash and you're good.
 

dave is ok

aztek is ok
In many (most?) states you can marry a 16 year old with her parents' permission. Completely legal, just slip them some cash and you're good.
Completely ignoring your fucked up logic regarding sixteen year olds:

The Associated Press reports that federal prosecutors allege in a document released Wednesday that Fogle traveled to pay for sex acts with minors while he stayed in upscale hotels, and received child pornography that he knew had been secretly produced by Taylor. An agreement filed ahead of an expected court appearance by Fogle said he will pay $1.4 million in restitution to 14 minor victims, who will each receive $100,000. Fogle will also be required to register as a sex offender and undergo treatment for sexual disorders, the AP said.

You have a guy on Jared's payroll who is personally creating child pornography and then giving Jared that same pornography.

He fucking financed an operation. He should be locked up for at least double what they are recommending.
 
It might well be a South Park joke/reference, but it still makes light of prison rape. Fogle is a sick fuck, sure, and deserves to rot behind bars, but that doesn't give us an excuse to make and laugh at rape jokes.
The aids reference has nothing to do with prison rape. It was about having assistants.
 
Should give corporations pause before nominating a "regular guy" to be the face and spokesman of the company. Introduces a lot of risk because even though this guy lost 200lbs eating your sandwiches, he could also be a scum bag..
This is a reason why corporations love to have mascots & cartoon characters as promoters. You don't have to worry about them ever being caught up in sex,drugs, or violence scandals. They are also much cheaper.
 

dave is ok

aztek is ok
This is a reason why corporations love to have mascots & cartoon characters as promoters. You don't have to worry about them ever being caught up in sex,drugs, or violence scandals. They are also much cheaper.
Say what you will about the Quizno's Spongmonkeys. They never produced child porn.

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WarMacheen

Member
What about his wife and children? Did they know? I wonder what will happen to his family...

His wife is filing for a divorce.

Wife wants to end marriage

On the same day the indictment and plea deal became known, Fogle's wife, Katie, released a statement saying she wants out of the marriage.

"Obviously, I am extremely shocked and disappointed by the recent developments involving Jared," she said in a statement via her attorney. "I am in the process of seeking a dissolution of the marriage. My focus is exclusively on the well-being of my children."

The family will offer no further comments.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/us/subway-jared-fogle-charges/index.html
 

Northeastmonk

Gold Member
It's disgusting, but he probably isn't the last pervert out there in the world. There's probably many more in hiding.

I had his name attached with the brand. When I lived in a small town everyone went to Subway. Everyone cared about their health, so Subway was huge. The thing was, I was going there for college. Right down the road from where I was attending was the state's Regional Center, which is a Step 1 Sex Offender facility. It's basically where sex offenders go to after prison. It's locked down and everything. We took a tour of the place. I was in nursing school and got to listen to their group discussions and other stuff. It made me pretty disgusted for a while. You'd hear about what they did, how they were raised, and how they felt about it. Some dressed up to look younger, some were in there with their parents, and it just made you feel like you lived in a dark world.

Sure, this is terrible. The good news is that they caught them. He could have continued to make money and commit more crimes if he wasn't caught. It might make someone feel a bit uncomfortable walking into Subway because society doesn't set a good example all the time. We sometimes have to set that good example. I would not boycott them either.

The thing is, I knew people when I was a teen who'd date young girls. I didn't think anything of it at the time. I always thought it was sick and my girlfriend and I thought the same thing at the time. It's even worse when you're an adult and you hear about it.
 

hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
When dealing with accusations of this magnitude that can wreck a person's reputation I prefer to let it play out rather than risk being wrong. 'Where there's smoke there's fire' is dangerous because while it's often true, it isn't always.

I just got finished with dealing with a family member's trial where they were wrongly accused of something. It was white-collar stuff, so not as emotional or attracting the same vitriol, but to see people turn on them immediately once accused was upsetting. Those same people then act like nothing happened when the facts come out at trial and the judge puts the prosecution on blast for going after the wrong people after a full acquittal by jury.

Better safe than sorry. I need to know the facts before I make personal judgments.
That's a perfectly reasonable position to take in a situation involving real life acquaintances but this is Jared from subway and we're talking on neogaf. What does it matter what anyone here says?
 

jstripes

Banned
His plea bargain is a 5 year minimum sentence? Two thoughts:

a) This is probably worse than we are aware of.
b) He's probably taking down a whole bunch of people with him.
 

jstripes

Banned
Damn.
I'd hate to be Subway's marketing department.
They now have 15 years of advertising mindshare to try to scrub clean.

Revamped logo. New slogan. New jingle. New visual style.

The risk of using a common everyday college student as your campaign focus. They should do like Progressive and create their own Flo.

I don't think they're going to want to tie their brand to anyone.
 

Lost Fragment

Obsessed with 4chan
Damn, feeling bad for the kids involved, his family, and subway's marketing department.

Bet the 4chan memes are glorious right now tho.
 
Possession unfortunately does not carry a mandatory minimum sentence. So if that's the only charge there is a possibility he will not do any jail time.
 
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