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Jared Fogel's appeal in child sex abuse, porn case to be heard May 20

In this Nov. 19, 2015 file photo, former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle arrives at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis. Fogle is being sued by a girl who's one of the victims in the sex crimes case that sent him to prison for more than 15 years. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, March 15, 2016, names Fogle and the former head of his anti-obesity charity, Russell Taylor. It also names Taylor's wife. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago has set a May hearing for former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s appeal of his more than 15-year sentence in a child sex abuse and pornography case.

Fogle’s attorneys and federal prosecutors will go before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals May 20 to present their arguments for and against the Indiana man’s bid for a shorter sentence.

Fogle was sentenced in November to 188 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of distributing and receiving child pornography and traveling out of state to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

His attorneys say a federal judge abused her authority by giving Fogle a sentence three years longer than the maximum prosecutors had sought.

Prosecutors say the judge acted properly.

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