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Defense lawyers say Former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch He may have dementia, and a hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.
Lawyers for Michael Jeffries A neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October concluded he likely had dementia with behavioral disorders, Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, he said in court papers unsealed Monday in federal court in Central Islip on Long Island.
The neuropsychologist concluded that cognitive impairments, including poor memory, poor attention, slow processing speed, and ease of confusion, meant that Jeffries would not be able to assist his attorneys, the attorneys wrote.
In a joint letter to the judge, defense attorneys and prosecutors proposed that experts who evaluated Jeffries testify at a two-day competency hearing in June so a competency ruling could be made.
A prosecutor's spokesman said Tuesday that the office would have no further comment.
Jeffries, 80, was released on $10 million bail after pleading not guilty in October to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.
Prosecutors say Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man, lured men to drug-filled sex parties in the Hamptons, on Long Island, by promising to model for the retailer's ads.
Jeffries left Abercrombie in 2014 after more than two decades She leads the clothing retailer that was once famous for its chic, all-American aesthetic and its marketing through shirtless male models.
In an indictment unsealed in October, prosecutors alleged that 15 defendants were induced by “force, fraud and coercion” to participate in sex parties from 2008 to 2015 in New York City and the Hamptons, the affluent summer resort on Long Island where Jeffries resides at home, as well as in hotels in England, France, Italy, Morocco and St. Barts.
Prosecutors say the men were sometimes directed to wear costumes, use sex toys and endure painful penis injections that caused erections.
