Adult movie star Ron Jeremy listens as his legal professional Stuart Goldfarb speaks throughout his arraignment on rape and sexual assault expenses at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on June 26, 2020.

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Adult movie star Ron Jeremy listens as his legal professional Stuart Goldfarb speaks throughout his arraignment on rape and sexual assault expenses at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on June 26, 2020.

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The alleged victims of former grownup movie star Ron Jeremy will not have their day in court docket anytime quickly — if in any respect — now {that a} California choose has declared Jeremy incompetent to face trial.

The ruling Tuesday successfully hit pause on the criminal case against Jeremy, who has pleaded not responsible to 34 counts of sexual assault, together with 12 counts of rape, relationship again to 1996.

Gloria Allred, the high-profile legal professional who mentioned she represents two of the “Jane Doe” victims named within the indictment towards Jeremy, informed NPR that the ruling was “very disturbing” to her purchasers.

“It is very distressing,” she mentioned. “Both were ready to testify at the trial.”

Allred mentioned the victims have needed to relive their experiences with Jeremy a number of instances all through the authorized course of however now could not get to see him prosecuted.

“They have worked with law enforcement. They’ve testified before a grand jury,” she mentioned. “They’ve had to explain, tell what happened to them over and over and over with the hope that one day they could achieve justice, and now the hope is dimming.”

Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said Tuesday that Jeremy, whose authorized title is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, has “incurable neurocognitive decline.” An upcoming listening to will decide whether or not to put the 69-year-old in a state hospital.

Stuart Goldfarb, Jeremy’s legal professional, mentioned in an emailed assertion that he believes his consumer is harmless and that “unfortunately due to his mental health issues his case will not go to trial.”

Allred urged Jeremy may very well be reevaluated after he receives remedy, and a trial might transfer ahead if he had been deemed competent sooner or later.

“I can say that I’m not optimistic about it, but one never knows,” she added.

The Los Angeles Times first reported earlier this month that Jeremy would doubtless be deemed incompetent to face trial.

Lianne Young, a former British grownup movie star who accused Jeremy of sexually assaulting her in 2000, informed the newspaper that her first response was “kind of numb.”

“They were aware of his condition before getting us all involved. They were well aware he had dementia, so I’m very disappointed that they didn’t solve that bit before letting us go on that emotional journey for 2 1/2 years,” Young mentioned.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office informed the Times that prosecutors had no data exhibiting Jeremy had dementia when expenses had been introduced.

Among the opposite high-profile individuals who had been accused of sexual misdeeds because of the #MeToo motion was the well-connected financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 earlier than he might go to trial on intercourse trafficking expenses.

Despite Epstein’s dying, a federal judge still allowed accusers, prosecutors and defense attorneys to speak about their experiences in court docket earlier than the case was eventually dismissed.

This report contains materials from NPR employees and The Associated Press.