Porn star Ron Jeremy found mentally incompetent to stand trial for rape
LOS ANGELES — Porn star Ron Jeremy was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial in Los Angeles on rape and other sex charges involving 21 women, City News Service reported on Tuesday.
Jeremy, 69, pleaded not guilty in August 2021 to more than 30 counts of sexual assault, including 12 of rape, in the Los Angeles area over a 23-year period. He has been in prison since his arrest in June 2020.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said in a hearing that he had determined, based on reports from prosecutors and Jeremy’s defence, that the actor suffered from “incurable neurocognitive decline,” according to the Associated Press.
Attorney Stuart Goldfarb, who represents Jeremy, had told the court in March 2022 that his client had been unable to recognize him when he visited him in a holding cell before a court hearing.
Goldfarb and a representative for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters on Tuesday.
