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Hidden-camera victim files to dismiss suit against Fogle, accomplice

Holly V. Hays

The Indianapolis Star

Jared Fogle, a former pitchman for Subway, is escorted to a car by police after pleading guilty on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, to charges of child pornography and having sex with minors, according to court documents. Fogle was sentenced Nov. 19, 2015, to more than 15 years in prison in the case.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated whom Ron Elberger represents. He only represents Jared Fogle.

INDIANAPOLIS — A underage Indiana girl who was secretly filmed via hidden cameras by the former head of the Jared Fogle Foundation, who then shared those images with the former Subway spokesman, dropped the lawsuit that was filed against the pair in March.

The family of Jane Doe — one of several children captured on camera while under the care of Russell Taylor and his wife, Angela — filed documents Thursday to dismiss the suit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought back to court. The girl lived in Connersville, Ind., when the videos were made between March 2011 and January 2015.

Angela Taylor, who has not been charged in the federal child pornography case that sent her husband and his former boss to federal prison, formerly lived in Connersville and has family in the Fayette County community. Court testimony at Taylor's sentencing revealed the children he secretly filmed with cameras hidden in clock radios place in bathrooms and bedrooms included family members and their friends.

The suit had claimed the Taylors were responsible for the children in their home and did not protect those children, by allowing them to be filmed while nude and knowing that those images were going to be shared. The suit also claimed Fogle knew about the hidden cameras and did nothing to protect the children from being filmed.

In response to the suit's allegations that Fogle and Taylor caused the girl emotional distress by allowing her to be secretly filmed, Fogle filed court documents asking that the girl's parents be named as defendants in the suit, claiming that they also had caused her distress.

Russell Taylor was sentenced in December to 27 years in prison. Fogle was sentenced last November to more than 15 years in prison for his role in the federal child pornography case.

Ron Elberger, one of the lawyers representing Fogle, said they are "pleased" with the dismissal and that there was no settlement between the parties. Messages to the victim's lawyers have not been returned.

Contributing: Tim Evans and Madeline Buckley, The Indianapolis Star. Follow Holly Hays on Twitter: @hollyvhays