“It’s been a very hard nine months for me,” Firkins read from a handwritten letter postmarked March 25, from the Englewood federal correctional institution in Littleton, Colorado, where Jared Fogle is currently serving his prison sentence on child porn and child sex charges. "I kind of felt bad for him, and I wrote him to see how he was doing," Firkins told Fox59. "And he wrote me back and sent this letter that was kind of horrifying," 
 
 In reply, Fogle sent her a one-page letter that gives a peek into his life behind bars, and includes some upsetting revelations about how he currently views his situation. Brena Firkins shared the letter with Fox59, and says she first contacted Fogle because they had a sexual relationship a few years—but she hadn't been in contact since. One part reads, “I made a couple of mistakes but nothing like the media reports have said. They are making me into some sort of monster which is absolutely not true.” 
 
 It goes on to say, “I’m currently appealing my prison sentence and am hoping for the best with it. Bottom line, my director of my foundation and friend did some bad stuff and tried to throw me under the bus with him.” 
 
 A federal judge sentenced Fogle in November to 15-and-a-half years behind bars, three years longer than what prosecutors asked for. Since November, when the former Subway spokesman was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for possessing child pornography and having sex with a minor, the media has reported on a brawl he had in prison and his stress eating. He would give me gift cards.” 
 
 Fogle asks Firkins to send more pictures writing, “Are you dating anyone? I need you in my life big time. I’ve thought a lot about you over the years but had no way to contact you.” 
 
 Fogle got treatment before he was sentenced and attended Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings twice a week in Indianapolis. Fox59 spoke to Indianapolis sex therapist Carol Juergensen Sheets, who says the letter shows Fogle is still in need of treatment. “He hasn’t figured out what he needs to do to get healthy,” said Sheets.“From that letter, he’s minimizing, and sex addicts are people that have sexual compulsivity tend to minimize, justify, and defend themselves, and that’s what I see in the letter. He’s obviously a man who hasn’t had enough recovery yet to be 100 percent responsible for his behavior.” 
 
 Jared said he had access to email and encouraged Firkins to give him her email address. Fogle’s attorney Ron Elberger said he had no comment about the letter. × Chicago appeals court to hear ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s appeal 
 
 INDIANAPOLIS — 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.
– So, how's it going for former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle? "It's been a very hard nine months for me," he allegedly wrote in a March 25 letter sent from the Colorado prison where he's serving more than 15 years for child porn and having illicit sexual conduct with a child. Letter recipient Brena Firkins tells Fox 59 that she met Fogle about eight years ago on a dating site and that the two had a sexual relationship for about a month. She says she wrote to him first because she "kind of felt bad for him," but she describes what she got back as "kind of horrifying." In the handwritten, one-page letter, sent in an envelope bearing Fogle's prison ID number, the former sandwich company spokesman admits to making "a couple of mistakes but nothing like the media reports have said." "Bottom line," Fogle continues, "my director of my foundation and friend did some bad stuff and tried to throw me under the bus with him." Fogle also asks for more photos, which a post at the Delish blog finds "troublesome" given his history with sex addiction. (Written in the letter's margin: "You're so hot—just like I remember.") Firkins says she and Fogle went on to exchange some emails ("I didn't want to hurt his feelings"), but that's done now. Fogle's attorney had no comment on the letter. Fogle, who claims he was unjustly punished for his thoughts, is trying to get a shorter sentence. He has a hearing scheduled for May 20 at a federal appeals court in Chicago, per WGN. (Fogle reportedly was attacked in the prison yard.)