Porn star Ron Jeremy suffers from “severe dementia” and will be declared unfit to stand trial for rape, an American newspaper reported on Friday.
Jeremy, who has appeared in more than 1,700 adult films since the 1970s, underwent psychiatric examinations before facing trial on various charges of sexual assault against 21 women and girls.
The Los Angeles Times cited a leaked email in which mental health experts from both the prosecution and the defense concluded that Jeremy is mentally incapacitated with little chance of recovery.
“As a result of the agreement between the experts, the defendant will be found incompetent to stand trial … his prognosis for improvement is not good,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Paul Thompson wrote in the email. according to the newspaper.
“If he doesn’t improve, we won’t be able to try him for his crimes. Because criminal proceedings are suspended if he is incompetent, we also can’t get him to plead guilty or discuss other steps to bring justice for the victims in this case.”
Jeremy was initially indicted in January 2020, and the Prosecutor’s Office added another series of lawsuits against him for crimes that would have been committed during several decades of his career.
The exactor has denied the charges against him.
Judge George Lomeli ordered a psychiatric evaluation after one of his lawyers, Stuart Goldfarb, said he had visited him in a cell before a hearing and that Jeremy had not been able to recognize him.
A plea of mental incompetence is not final and if a defendant’s mental health improves with treatment, they may face trial later.
However, dementia is a progressive and usually degenerative disease.
Jeremy, 69, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, appeared in famous adult movies like “Deep Throat II” and “John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut.”
With his characteristic mustache, he was one of the most recognizable stars in the porn industry, although in recent years he had been banned due to abuse allegations.
In June 2020, Goldfarb denied all the allegations, insisting that his client “was not a rapist.”
“Ron, over the years, because of who he is, he’s pretty much been the lover of over 4,000 women. And to claim that he’s a rapist is going above and beyond… I mean, women jump on him,” he said. lawyer.
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