Protection attorneys say the previous longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch could have dementia, and a competency listening to is important to find out if he can face intercourse fees.
Attorneys for Michael Jeffries stated in court docket papers unsealed Monday in federal court docket in Central Islip on Lengthy Island {that a} neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October concluded he possible has dementia with behavioral disturbance, Alzheimer’s illness and Lewy physique dementia.
The attorneys wrote that the neuropsychologist concluded that cognitive impairments, together with impaired reminiscence, diminished consideration, processing pace slowness, and ease of confusion means Jeffries wouldn’t be able to helping his attorneys.
In a joint letter to the decide, protection attorneys and prosecutors prompt that consultants who’ve evaluated Jeffries testify at a two-day competency listening to in June so {that a} ruling on competency can observe.
A spokesperson for prosecutors stated Tuesday that the workplace would haven’t any additional remark.
Jeffries, 80, is free on a $10 million bond after pleading not responsible in October to federal intercourse trafficking and interstate prostitution fees.
Prosecutors say Jeffries, his romantic companion and a 3rd man lured males into drug-fueled intercourse events within the Hamptons, on Lengthy Island, by dangling the promise of modeling for the retailer’s advertisements.
Jeffries left Abercrombie in 2014 after greater than twenty years main the clothes retailer as soon as well-known for its preppy, all-American aesthetic and advertising and marketing with shirtless male fashions.
In an indictment unveiled in October, prosecutors alleged that 15 accusers had been induced by “force, fraud and coercion” to interact in intercourse events from 2008 to 2015 in New York Metropolis and the Hamptons, the rich summertime resort on Lengthy Island the place Jeffries has a house, in addition to at accommodations in England, France, Italy, Morocco and St. Barts.
Prosecutors say the boys had been generally directed to put on costumes, use intercourse toys and endure painful erection-inducing penile injections.
