Ron Jeremy appears for arraignment on rape and sexual assault charges at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California. -AFPPix: 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.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said in a hearing that he had determined, based on reports from prosecutors and Jeremy’s defense, that the actor suffered from “incurable neurocognitive decline,“ according to the Associated Press. Goldfarb and a representative for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters on Tuesday.
Jeremy was among the biggest names in the adult film industry, appearing in more than 2,000 movies starting in the 1970s.