Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeals sentence for sex with minors

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Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is appealing his more than 15-year prison sentence for having sex with underage prostitutes and possessing child abuse images.

Fogle’s attorney, Ron Elberger, said on Tuesday that he will appeal the sentence, but he declined to discuss it in detail. He filed a notice of appeal on Monday in federal court in Indianapolis.

Fogle pleaded guilty last month to distributing and receiving child abuse images and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child. As part of his plea deal, he agreed not to seek less than five years in prison and prosecutors agreed not to seek more than 12 years.

The judge gave Fogle more than 15 years, though, giving him grounds to appeal because it exceeded the maximum term prosecutors agreed to pursue.