Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO diagnosed with dementia, after being convicted of sexual assault charges

[u/russtripledub]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-abercrombie-fitch-ceo-charged-sex-trafficking-dementia-lawyers-rcna185353

Mike Jeffries coincidentally has dementia now

[u/awesomecubed]

But the headline says he was diagnosed AFTER being convicted. The trial already happened

[u/ScorpionTDC → u/awesomecubed]

D’oh. I can’t read. I have no idea what the laws regarding that are. I could see there needing to be special accommodations or something, but yeah

[u/technounicorns → u/ScorpionTDC]

I think he's trying to do the same as with Weinstein, to garner sympathy/pity for his illness in the hope that he will be released earlier.

[u/Allsgood2 → u/technounicorns]

Also, Ron Jeremy. He did the dementia angle during hisbtrial.

[u/alexjaness → u/Allsgood2]

Cosby went blind for his trial

[u/shanebayer → u/alexjaness]

Vincente “The Chin” Gigante, walked around his neighborhood in slippers and a robe, and was found to be a little more cogent than we were supposed to believe. It didn’t work.

[u/Bishop120 → u/awesomecubed]

Reddit headline is convicted but article is just charged and he’s still on trial. It’s 100% an effort to get out of trial.

[u/SophiaofPrussia → u/awesomecubed]

There’s no way the trial already happened. He was only indicted like a month ago.

[u/awesomecubed → u/SophiaofPrussia]

Yeah someone else pointed out that the post title is wrong

[u/ScrewAttackThis → u/awesomecubed]

He hasn't had a trial yet. No clue why the submission title is different from the article. Not sure NBC would make that big of a mistake. 

[u/rcbz1994 → u/awesomecubed]

The Reddit Headline says that but the article itself says he’s only been charged.

[u/strgazr_63 → u/awesomecubed]

It sounds like they are going after a retrial.