Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle may be near a plea deal with prosecutors amid an ongoing child pornography investigation, a source told NBC affiliate WTHR on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office will hold a press conference Wednesday, which is the same day he will reportedly accept the deal.
Even before official charges were made, the fast food chain quickly scrubbed Fogle from its site and suspended their relationship with him. Several computers and DVDs were seized from Fogle’s home.
Fogle’s history with Subway reaches back to when he was a student at Indiana University. Store count was up nearly 3% in the U.S.in 2014, though, to 27,205. The report by local media comes six weeks after authorities raided Fogle’s home, seizing electronics and other items.
During an April search at Taylor’s home, authorities found “a cache of sexually explicit photos and videos Taylor allegedly produced by secretly filming minor children” there, federal prosecutors said in statement. Fogle’s team pointed out the fact that he has not yet been arrested, saying that if the Federal Bureau of Investigation had reason to detain the Subway spokesman he would already be behind bars.
Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possession of child pornography as part of plea deal. Mr. Taylor is charged with both possessing and producing child pornography and tried to commit suicide in May while in jail. Fogle, 37, gained national fame when he lost a significant amount of weight by eating turkey and vegetable sandwiches from Subway and exercising.
Subway released a statement today announcing their split from Fogle.
It’s a truly unexpected fall for a man we’ve associated so much positivity with over the years.
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Fogle’s attorney, Ron Elberger, who has been quick to respond to questions in the past, did not respond to calls and emails from Business Insider about the text messages.
