Summary
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, facing sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges, has been diagnosed with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer’s, according to court filings.
Jeffries, 80, and co-defendants allegedly ran an international sex trafficking ring from 2008 to 2015, coercing young men, some financially vulnerable or with ties to Abercrombie, into sex acts for career opportunities.
Prosecutors claim victims were intimidated, drugged, and paid large sums.
Jeffries, under house arrest since October, has pleaded not guilty, with a competency hearing scheduled for June.
No I’m not suggesting it doesn’t make them dangerous. Obviously that’s a matter of how serious dementia is.
If it’s mild it’s possible they could be more dangerous not less.
I’ve lost family members to dementia and when it’s quite severe they’re unable to even eat, so then obviously they’re no danger to society.
I’m simply reflecting on how ineffective our current criminal justice system is. By all means, lock up sex offenders. I just wish we could stop the victimisation from occurring in the first place.
I’ve also had family members who were victims of child sexual assault, and police just don’t give a fuck, let alone social services.
Yeah that was my knee jerk reaction to what I’d read. But I agree with more information fleshing that out :)