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Former Abercrombie CEO Declared Competent for Trial Amid Sex Trafficking Charges

12/11/2025

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Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been found competent to stand trial after evaluation at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.
The ruling reverses a finding of incompetence tied to Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Jeffries, 81, is charged with one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution, and prosecutors allege a trafficking ring from 2008 to 2015.

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Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been found competent to stand trial after evaluation at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.
The ruling reverses a finding of incompetence tied to Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Jeffries, 81, is charged with one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution, and prosecutors allege a trafficking ring from 2008 to 2015.