Subway Suspends Jared As Spox

Jared Fogle with Attorney Tuesday (Charlie Nye/Indy Star photo)

Jared Fogle's weight-loss story made him a celebrity, but his career may be forever damaged after police searched the Subway spokesman's home two months after an associate's arrest on child pornography charges, reports The Indy Star.

The FBI, Indiana State Police and U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday grabbed documents, electronics and other items from Fogle's Zionsville home. From early morning through early evening officials streamed back and forth between the house and a large evidence truck parked in the driveway.

Authorities would not comment on the nature of the investigation.

Fogle is assisting investigators, his attorney said.

"Jared has been cooperating, and continues to cooperate, with law enforcement in their investigation of unspecified charges and looks forward to its conclusion," attorney Ron Elberger said in an email. "He has not been detained, arrested or charged with any crime or offense."

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Subway in a statement Tuesday said the fast-food giant and its everyman pitchman were "suspending their relationship" because of the probe. Earlier in the day the company said it was "shocked" over the news. By the end of the day it had pulled a page on Fogle from its website.


Fogle's rise as a sandwich spokesman turned the Hoosier into a celebrity. He was a 425-pound freshman at Indiana University when he embarked on an unusual diet of turkey and veggie subs in 1998. After losing 235 pounds he began to appear in television commercials for Subway.