Overview
- Acting warden B. Lott filed a certificate stating Jeffries understands the proceedings and can assist in his defense.
- Jeffries underwent a months-long court-ordered evaluation at FMC Butner and was discharged from the facility on Nov. 21.
- U.S. District Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury had ruled him unfit for trial in May based on dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnoses.
- Defense lawyers dispute the new finding, citing prior medical opinions that his cognitive decline is progressive and not restorable.
- Jeffries has pleaded not guilty to one sex trafficking charge and 15 counts of interstate prostitution tied to alleged luring of men to drug-fueled sex parties in New York City, the Hamptons and other locations.