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Judge Rules Former Abercrombie CEO Michael Jeffries Competent for Trial

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A federal judge ruled former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries is mentally competent to face trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Jeffries had argued dementia and late-onset Alzheimer’s made him unfit, leading to a hospital evaluation. The court set trial hours from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and allowed transcript review and daily lawyer strategy talks. Jeffries, with others, faces allegations of running a global trafficking and prostitution scheme from 2008 to 2015.

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