03-17-2016, 03:11 PM
Convicted pedophile Jared Fogle has gotten a taste of prison life in the form of jailhouse justice.
The disgraced former Subway pitchman suffered a swollen face, scratched neck and bloody nose at the hands of fellow inmate Steven Nigg during a Jan. 29 beatdown at Colorado’s Englewood FCI in Littleton.
Steve Nigg, 60, is an inmate at Colorado's Englewood FCI.
Nigg, 60, who is serving 15 years for a gun conviction, walked away from the prison yard fracas with just a cut-up hand - but punished with solitary confinement.
Fogle is “lucky to be alive” after the beatdown was meant to send a message to the portly pedophile, the attacker’s family told The Daily News on Wednesday.
“My uncle was in a position to kill him. No one was there,” Nigg’s nephew Jimmy Nigg Jr. said after speaking to his uncle and reading the incident report.
“He got him down, then walked away. (My uncle’s) not a violent guy. He doesn’t have a violent history,” Nigg Jr. added.
“He’s sending a message (to pedophiles) is what he’s doing. A guy walks in with all this money and celebrity and instead of flying under the radar, he’s going into the yard, walking around with big guys, saying no one can mess with me, flashing his money around.”
Most sex offenders in prison — where they are a particularly unliked group — try to keep a low profile.
But Fogle’s access to cash, which he uses to pay fellow inmates for protection, allows him to feel invincible, Nigg Jr. added
The disgruntled Nigg was also fed up with the uptick of sex offenders at the prison.
“He said these kids (who were victimized) got dads and uncles and they’d love to do what I just did,’” said Nigg’s brother, Nigg Sr.
Nigg Sr. said his brother also told him: “I’m doing it for the families. I couldn’t help it.”
Nigg is slated to be released in 2024, while Fogle will have to wait an additional five years.
Fogle, who is said to have gained 30 pounds over the past three months, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty last year to child pornography charges and engaging in sex with minors.
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The disgraced former Subway pitchman suffered a swollen face, scratched neck and bloody nose at the hands of fellow inmate Steven Nigg during a Jan. 29 beatdown at Colorado’s Englewood FCI in Littleton.
Steve Nigg, 60, is an inmate at Colorado's Englewood FCI.
Nigg, 60, who is serving 15 years for a gun conviction, walked away from the prison yard fracas with just a cut-up hand - but punished with solitary confinement.
Fogle is “lucky to be alive” after the beatdown was meant to send a message to the portly pedophile, the attacker’s family told The Daily News on Wednesday.
“My uncle was in a position to kill him. No one was there,” Nigg’s nephew Jimmy Nigg Jr. said after speaking to his uncle and reading the incident report.
“He got him down, then walked away. (My uncle’s) not a violent guy. He doesn’t have a violent history,” Nigg Jr. added.
“He’s sending a message (to pedophiles) is what he’s doing. A guy walks in with all this money and celebrity and instead of flying under the radar, he’s going into the yard, walking around with big guys, saying no one can mess with me, flashing his money around.”
Most sex offenders in prison — where they are a particularly unliked group — try to keep a low profile.
But Fogle’s access to cash, which he uses to pay fellow inmates for protection, allows him to feel invincible, Nigg Jr. added
The disgruntled Nigg was also fed up with the uptick of sex offenders at the prison.
“He said these kids (who were victimized) got dads and uncles and they’d love to do what I just did,’” said Nigg’s brother, Nigg Sr.
Nigg Sr. said his brother also told him: “I’m doing it for the families. I couldn’t help it.”
Nigg is slated to be released in 2024, while Fogle will have to wait an additional five years.
Fogle, who is said to have gained 30 pounds over the past three months, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty last year to child pornography charges and engaging in sex with minors.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2566171