Judge overturns porn conviction of Jared Fogle associate
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:40 pm CST, Monday, March 2, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has overturned the child pornography conviction of an associate of Jared Fogle who provided evidence that led to a criminal case the against disgraced former Subway pitchman.
Russell Taylor was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2015 for producing pornography. In a 32-page ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled that Taylor's defense attorney, Brad Banks, was ineffective because he failed to challenge three charges not supported by the legal facts of the case.
Pratt found that Banks did not inform Taylor that three of the sexual exploitation charges he was admitting to involved hidden-camera images of young, male relatives that did not involve the "sexually explicit conduct" necessary for the criminal charges, The Indianapolis Star reported.
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Taylor was sentenced in December 2015 after he pleaded guilty to 12 counts of child exploitation and one count of distribution of child pornography. He admitted using cameras hidden in his homes to produce pornography of the children, some as young as 9 years old.
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