The previous CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch might have dementia and a competency listening to is required to evaluate whether or not he can face intercourse costs, defence attorneys have mentioned.
Mike Jeffries, 80 and who was CEO of glitzy retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for greater than 20 years, is free on $10m (£7.7m) bond after pleading not guilty in October to federal intercourse trafficking and interstate prostitution costs.
Legal professionals for Jeffries mentioned in courtroom papers unsealed on Monday in federal courtroom in New York, {that a} neuropsychologist who examined the defendant in October concluded he probably has dementia with behavioural disturbance, Alzheimer’s illness and Lewy physique dementia.
The attorneys wrote the neuropsychologist concluded that cognitive impairments, together with reminiscence loss, diminished consideration, processing velocity slowness, and ease of confusion means Jeffries wouldn’t be able to aiding his attorneys.
In a joint letter to the decide, defence attorneys and prosecutors instructed consultants who’ve evaluated Jeffries testify at a two-day competency listening to in June so {that a} ruling on competency can observe.
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Prosecutors mentioned in October that 15 accusers had been induced by “power, fraud and coercion” to interact in drug-fuelled intercourse events through which the boys had been typically directed to put on costumes, eat alcohol and muscle relaxants, use intercourse toys and endure painful erection-inducing penile injections.
They had been additionally required to signal non-disclosure agreements, the indictment mentioned.
The occasions passed off between 2008 and 2015 within the Hamptons, the resort on Lengthy Island the place Jeffries has a house, in addition to at lodges in England, France, Italy, Morocco and St Barts, in response to the indictment.
