Ex-Abercrombie chief has dementia and is unfit to stand trial, lawyers say

Michael Jeffries, the former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, is not competent to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges, lawyers claim (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

The former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch is suffering from dementia and is not competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, prosecutors and his lawyers have said.

Michael Jeffries requires around-the-clock care because the 80-year-old has Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and the “residual effects of a traumatic brain injury,” defence attorneys wrote in a letter filed in a New York federal court on Thursday, citing recent evaluations by medical professionals.