CNN reports that Jared Fogle reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that would see him serve between five and 12½ years in prison for handling child pornography and having sex with a minor.
The court will have to approve the agreement, in which Fogle pleads guilty to possessing and distributing child porn, and to traveling across state lines to have sex with at least two teenage girls.
Under the plea deal, the government agrees to recommend less than 13 years in prison. Also, Fogle’s lawyers agree to ask the judge for no less than a 5-year prison term.
According to court documents, the charges against Fogle are related to his relationship with Russell C. Taylor, the executive director of the Jared Foundation, who was arrested more than two months ago on federal child pornography charges.
The agreement says Fogle will adhere to a pornography ban and sexual disorders treatment, and he will have no unsupervised visits with minors, among other requirements.
Computer monitoring will be required, too.
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.”
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