Mike Jeffries, the gay 80-year-old embattled former CEO of clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, has dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, his lawyers have said in court documents filed this week. They are requesting a hearing to determine if Jefferies is fit to stand trial for federal criminal charges in connection to sex trafficking.

Lawyers for Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, have questioned his ability to stand trial in a federal sex trafficking case.

Can his legal team's claims that he has late-onset Alzheimer's disease and dementia put a pause in the sex trafficking trial of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries?

Mike Jeffries, 80, is free on $10 million bond after pleading not guilty in October to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.

Federal prosecutors allege Mike Jeffries, 80, used his wealth and power to traffic men around the world for the encounters with him and his romantic partner.

Mike Jeffries, who led Abercrombie & Fitch from 1992 to 2014, allegedly used his wealth and power to orchestrate an international sex trafficking operation between 2008 and 2015

Bieber said he asked Jefferies to get a medical evaluation by a neuropsychologist, who later found that the ex-CEO “currently suffers from dementia with behavioral disturbance … Alzheimer’s disease with late onset (probable) … and Lewy body dementia,” according to court papers acquired by NBC.

Heather Khalifa / AP A letter from former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries' legal team ... of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The document, filed in New York and reviewed ...