Jared Fogle Prosecutors Say Shocking Sex Texts Justify Sentence 
 
 Jared Fogle Prosecutors Say Shocking Sex Texts Justify Sentence 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 Jared Fogle got what he deserved ... more than the maximum recommended sentence for child molestation ... this according to prosecutors who just submitted Fogle's text messages showing shocking depravity. 
 
 Fogle is asking an appeals court to throw out his 15.6 year sentence, claiming the judge should not have sentenced him to more than the max recommended in the plea deal -- 12 1/2 years. 
 
 The U.S. Attorney just filed legal docs saying Fogle's conduct warrants the harsher sentence, pointing to text messages he sent to a woman who apparently procured minors for his sexual pleasure. 
 
 In one text, Fogle writes, "Is your Asian friend available?" She responds, "Are you going to pay me, too, or can I come back?" He replies, "I'll pay you big for a 14 or 15-year-old." 
 
 Fogle and the woman then haggle over price -- he's willing to pay $400 if the child is 16 or younger. He then says, "Do you have any access to any young girls? Like 15 or 16?" She asks, "Why, baby?" He says, "Cause it's what I crave." 

 Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle leaves the Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 following a hearing on child-pornography charges. 
 
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Text messages sent between prostitutes and Jared Fogle are the focal point of documents filed Monday in response to the former Subway pitchman's appeal of his 15-and-a-half-year prison sentence. 
 
 Jared Fogle reveals how he lured minors in secret recordings 
 
 Fogle's attorneys have argued that the sentence handed down in November 2015 was too harsh. Prosecutors sought a 12 1/2-year sentence, while Fogle's attorneys asked for five years. Fogle claims he was punished, in part, for what amounted to "fantasies." But the government said in its Monday filing that Fogle's explanation is inaccurate. 
 
 "Fogle's 'fantasies' were grounded in reality, in that he fantasized about and sought actively to repeat what he had already done, i.e., pay minors for sex," prosecutors wrote. 
 
 The government cited text messages it said proves that Fogle developed relationships with adult escorts "and offered them finder's fees to provide him with access to minors." 
 
 "I'll pay you big for a 14- or 15-year-old," he texted one escort. 
 
 In another conversation, he asked for "young girls or boys" and said he'd pay at least $400 if they could prove their age. 
 
 "Do you have access to any young girls? Like 15 or 16?" Fogle asked one escort. 
 
 "Why, baby?" The escort replied. 
 
 "Cause it's what I crave! ... I would hook you up nicely if you did," Fogle said. 
 
 "How much? Because I have a cousin who is 15," the escort said. 
 
 "What does she look like? If she's good looking I would give you 300 and her the same," Fogle replied. 
 
 Fogle plead guilt in August to one count each of distributing and receiving child pornography and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child. Prosecutors say he sought sex with minors in New York City, Richmond, Virginia, Kansas City, Missouri, and Las Vegas. 
 
 Fogle has said in court filings that the court was influenced by the criminal conduct of Russell Taylor, the former director Fogle's nonprofit foundation, who was sentenced in December to 27 years in prison for making and distributing child porn. 
 
 Prosecutors said in Monday's filing that the two men actively encouraged each other's crimes. 
 
 Fogle filed the appeal in December. 
 
 Under his current sentence, he won't be eligible for parole until 2029.
– When former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, the judge said he "went to great lengths to engage in commercial sex acts with underage minors." Thanks to Fogle appealing his sentence, we now know what more of those lengths were, the Indianapolis Star reports. "I'll pay you big for a 14- or 15-year-old," reads one text sent by Fogle to an escort. The text was included in a government filing to the US Court of Appeals Monday. "If they can [prove their age] and you get me 16 or below, I'll give you 400 at least," reads another. "What does she look like? If she's good looking I would give you 300," CBS News quotes a text Fogle sent to an escort with a 15-year-old cousin as saying. According to TMZ, Fogle described 15- and 16-year-old girls as "what I crave" in the texts. Fogle's sentence, after pleading guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child, was above both federal guidelines and what prosecutors asked for. He claims he was being punished for his fantasies as well as for his actions. The texts included in the government's filing were prosecutors' way of pointing out he was actively seeking to make those fantasies a reality. The government claims they demonstrate Fogle had a "pattern" of getting close with escorts then offering finder's fees if they provided him with minors for sex. He sent the texts in multiple cities, including New York, Las Vegas, and Kansas City.