Subway pedophile Jared Fogle has made his first communications in prison sharing his regrets at sexually abusing children – while also boasting that he’s in the best shape of his life thanks to the behind bars gym.
Fogle, 44, pled guilty in August 2015 to a child pornography charge and paying for sex with an underage girl after traveling from Indiana to New York City.
The former commercial megastar – who credited Subway sandwiches with saving his life – is showing some remorse for his crimes, but also saying he’s in the best shape of his life.
‘I really royally screwed up to wind up where I am,’ Fogle, a father of two, wrote in a hand-written letter dated November 7, 2021. ‘I was selfish and entitled.’
Fogle goes out of his way to quote famous prison film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in relation to his own experiences.
A prisoner file for Jared Fogle, 44, who currently sits in a Colorado prison where he’s serving a 15-plus year sentence for child pornography and paying an underage girl for sex
Fogle became famous from his commercial appearance, often being seen on red carpets for major Hollywood events
Fogle, 41, gained fame for losing almost 250lbs from eating two Subway sandwiches a day and exercising. He became the face of the sandwich chain in 2000 until his arrest in 2015
‘Something like, ‘You can either get busy living or get busy dying’ when you are sent to prison. I’ve done everything I can to get busy living and make the most of this unwanted experience.’
However, Steven DeBrota, one of the prosecutors in Fogle’s trial and a former assistant US attorney, wonders where the remorse is for Fogle’s victims.
Fogle’s ‘unwanted experience’ was not caused by ‘a single mistake or bad decision — [it was] the result of a long-standing and persistent pattern of criminal behavior,’ DeBrota said.
‘The case will always be about [Fogle’s] victims, not his prior successes in life, his latest characterization of his actions or his present situation,’ he added.
Fogle said he thinks about ‘all the people I’ve let down every single day, especially my family.’
Fogle is likely to stay at the federal correctional institution in Englewood, Colorado until 2029
Jared has a son and daughter, now aged 11 and 9, with second wife Kathleen McLaughlin, who divorced him shortly after the bust.
He says that he’s avoiding junk food in prison and snacking on granola and protein bars. He also claims to run four to five miles a day.
‘[I am in] the most healthy and in shape I’ve ever been,’ he wrote. ‘We don’t have a lot of control over our daily lives in prison but working out is one of the things I can control. I currently weigh 180 pounds.’
Fogle claimed to have lost some 245 pounds on his Subway diet from his heaviest at 425 pounds, and ended up making $15 million from his campaigns for the sandwich chain.
He says he spends his time otherwise watching college and NFL football, reading the New York Times and historical fiction.
Fogle was a pop culture mainstay for years, including this appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live
‘I still love to laugh and smile,’ said the convicted pedophile. ‘ I really miss the small things like walking barefoot on carpet, sleeping on a nice comfy mattress, eating with real silverware, having access to a microwave … All I can do is learn from my mistakes to be a better man when I get released in a few years.’
Fogle, who has repeatedly fought to have his sentence reduced, wrote that he must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence.
‘I very much look forward to re-starting my life and enjoying every moment with my family who have stood by and supported me,’ Fogle wrote. ‘I’m so lucky to have them.’
Fogle gained fame for losing almost 250lbs from eating two Subway sandwiches a day and exercising. He became the face of the sandwich chain in 2000 until his arrest in 2015.
He pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography and traveling to pay for sex with minors.
He is due to be released in 2029.
Marc Brooks, who served eight months alongside Fogle a few years back and is now working in construction since he was freed, recalled how Fogle’s previous celebrity status made him an easy target among other inmates.
‘When I first got there I would make fun of him, we’d shout things like, ‘hey Subway are you going to try and get a job at Quiznos or Jimmy John’s next?”
‘After that I just kept my mouth shut, I didn’t want to go anywhere near him or his nasty sex offender buddies.
‘There’s one sex offender on the range making little stuffed animals, what’s he going to do with them when he gets out? It’s horrible.’
Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood, where Fogle is incarcerated
‘I was totally grossed out by all the pedophiles in there, sometimes you’d want to punch them, because of the disgusting stuff they would say, but I never did that, I didn’t want to mess up and get extra time, I wanted to get home to my momma and my sister,’ Brooks said.