Defense attorneys say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia and a competency hearing is needed to determine whether he faces sex charges. It is claimed that.
Attorneys for Michael Jeffries said in court documents unsealed Monday in federal court in central Islip, Long Island, that a neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October said Jeffries was diagnosed with a behavioral disorder. It was concluded that the patient was likely to have dementia with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or dementia with Lewy bodies.
The lawyers wrote that a neuropsychologist concluded that Mr. Jeffries was unable to assist attorneys due to cognitive impairments, including memory loss, decreased attention, slowed processing speed and easiness to become confused.
In a joint letter to the judge, the defense and prosecutors asked that the experts who evaluated Jeffries testify at a two-day competency hearing in June, after which a competency ruling could be made. Suggested.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said Tuesday that the office would have no further comment.
Jeffries, 80, pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges in October and was released on $10 million bail.
Prosecutors say Mr. Jeffries and his boyfriend, a third person, lured men to drug-fueled sex parties in the Hamptons on Long Island with the promise of becoming models for a retail store. He claims to have lured him in.
Mr. Jeffries left Abercrombie in 2014 after more than 20 years at the helm of the clothing retailer, which was once known for its preppy American aesthetic and marketing featuring shirtless male models.
In an indictment announced in October, prosecutors said that between 2008 and 2015, the 15 accusers committed “violence, fraud, He claimed that he was induced to participate in the sex party by “coercion.'' Not only in your home, but also in hotels in England, France, Italy, Morocco and St. Barts.
Prosecutors said the men were sometimes instructed to wear costumes, use sex toys and endure painful penile injections to induce an erection.
