Lawyers for ex-Abercrombie CEO say he has dementia and may not be able to stand trial
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Michael Jeffries, the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, may have dementia, and a competency hearing is needed to determine if he can face sex charges, his attorneys claim.
Defense lawyers for Jeffries said in court papers unsealed Monday in federal court in Central Islip on Long Island that a neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October concluded he likely has dementia with behavioral disturbance, Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Jeffries, 80, is free on $10 million bond after pleading not guilty in October to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. The former CEO was arrested that same month on charges of sex trafficking and engaging in interstate prostitution, with prosecutors claiming Jeffries leveraged his position as CEO to lure young men into sex by suggesting they could model for the fashion company,
