Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which company cut ties with spokesman Jared Fogle in 2015?"
Jared Scott Fogle is the former spokesperson for Subway restaurants who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. After his significant weight loss attributed to eating Subway sandwiches, Fogle was made a spokesperson for the company's advertising campaigns in 2000. Fogle's tenure with Subway ended after he was investigated for paying for sex with minors and receiving child pornography in 2015. He agreed to plead guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography and traveling to pay for sex with minors. Fogle formally pleaded guilty to the charges, and was sentenced to serve 15 years, 8 months in federal prison.