Ex-Abercrombie CEO’s dementia ‘may leave him incompetent to face sex charges’

Michael Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Defence lawyers say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.

Lawyers for Michael Jeffries said in court papers unsealed on Monday in federal court in Central Islip on Long Island that a neuropsychologist who examined Jeffries in October concluded he likely has dementia with behavioural disturbance, Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.