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Google PlayA divorced couple connected with former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s child pornography case have been sentenced to decades in prison.
As reported by the Associated Press, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Angela Baldwin from Connersville, Indiana to 33 years and four months in prison on Monday. She was convicted by a jury in October of two counts of producing child sexual abuse material, one count of possessing such material, and one count of conspiracy to produce it. Her ex-husband, 50-year-old Russell Taylor, was also sentenced on Monday and is getting 27 years behind bars.
Taylor ran a nonprofit founded by Fogle, who was convicted of traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and distribution and receipt of child pornography in 2015. Taylor pleaded guilty to 30 child porn and sexual exploitation counts against nine children last year. His victims were between the ages of nine and 16 when the crimes occurred, according to the Justice Department.
The divorced couple reportedly shared videos and photos of underage girls with Fogle, procured via hidden cameras Taylor installed in their home in Indianapolis. Taylor served as the executive director of the Jared Foundation, which claimed to raise awareness and money to fight childhood obesity in the United States. He was among the individuals who helped provide evidence in the criminal case against the former Subway spokesman, who was employed by the fast food company after he lost over 200 pounds eating its sandwiches.
In court on Monday, Taylor said he was a “vile, selfish, self-loathing, sorry excuse” for a human being. He said he has already enrolled in a sex offender rehabilitation class while behind bars.
