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Philip Marcelo

Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is mentally fit for sex trafficking trial, judge says

Sexual Misconduct Abercrombie - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is mentally competent to stand trial as he faces sex trafficking charges after being hospitalized for months for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms, a federal judge ruled.

U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury, in her Thursday decision, concluded that Michael Jeffries “clearly possesses a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings” and is a “reasonably intelligent person and skilled communicator" following his stay at a federal prison hospital in Butner, North Carolina.

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