Former porn star Ron Jeremy has been committed to a mental hospital after being declared unfit to stand trial for more than 30 counts of sexual assault due to suffering from “severe dementia.”
Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Hyatt, was sent to a mental hospital, where he could be for the next two years, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Greg Risling said, according to multiple reports.
A hearing for the 69-year-old former porn star’s progress is set to be held on May 8.
Jeremy was indicted on 34 counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations made by 20 women. He was first charged in June 2020 with raping four women he met in West Hollywood bars and clubs. After that, dozens of more women came forward with their own allegations, some of them dating back to the 1990s.
Last month, Jeremy’s defense attorney, Stuart Goldfarb, told a Los…
