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I hung out with him once at Roxy's. I called his name and helped him up from a prone position. He was passed out on a booth bench seat. Perked right up and gave me a high five for helping him sit up. Then he asked me if I had any drugs. I took one look at his eyes and knew that even if I did, he didn't need anything more that night. After a few minutes of small talk, he wandered away and grabbed a woman's ass. She laughed it off. Just before I left that evening, he was slurring and drooling a little as he was chatting up some...fans?
Felt sorry for him then. I think the rapist is gone. He's...chewed up. Not excusing his behavior, but even fifteen years ago, the Hedgehog was done hedging hogs.
Not to talk bad about mentally incompetent rapists, but Ron Jeremy was always a bit suspect... >

The article stated he will be periodically re-evaluated. 
I think it is noteworthy Jeremy wasn't even in the court room. Seems he really has deteriorated. >

I didn't read the artice...do they think it could maybe be dementia? >

Yes. Both the defense and prosecution agree Jeremy's dementia is too severe for Jeremy to stand trial, though the prosecution asked for periodic reevaluation. >

What's the point in a periodic reevaluation if they agree? Do they not understand how dementia works? It's not like it's some cold that's going to pass in a few days. >

The prosecutor's reasoning for asking for the periodic reevaluation is not listed. Purely speculation on my part but some of the possible reasons are this is a standard request for all not fit to stand trial rulings, to quiet any fears that Jeremy is "faking", or at the request of the victims. This is purely speculation on my part. >

My guess is that the possibility exists that medical treatment may be developed to return some level of cognitive function to the suspect, and should that occur, the prosecution wants to reserve the right to proceed. >

Dude looks like a ghoul. Yikes. >

I never thought he was attractive but he's some fucking nightmare fuel now. >

“Fucking nightmare fuel”, really lovely word choice. >

He's suffering from dementia, this is probably true
There's no real point in prosecuting someone who can't understand what is actually going on
I feel for his victims who can't get justice, but there's really nothing anyone can do to make him competent enough to stand trial >

I’m not being crass here. This doesn’t unrape the survivors (prison Vs hospital). No matter what, they must move forward knowing what happened and that he won’t be doing anymore of it. 
He will be kept from doing it again via drugs in a state hospital. We are drastically underselling the awfulness of state mental facilities here. It’s not all “board games that want to get out, huhuhuh”. >

Sure it doesn’t, but dementia is hell. >

and “Dementia is hell”. He deserves and will get hell everyday. This is true even if the belief is that he doesn’t have dementia and is faking it. Rapists aren’t welcome at any medical or penal facility. He will be confined to his own quarters often, is my guess. >

It’s hell that most people who reach old age experience anyway. It’s a pretty common part of the human condition. Most of us are staring down hell and incomprehensible suffering at the end of our life. >

Yes, and some are in hell earlier than they should be. As someone in this position, it’s increasingly difficult to have those conversations with people who understand. I bet you get it, though. >

He’s got dementia and is going to a state hospital. I can’t imagine that’s ideal. I feel bad for his victims denial of justice and closure >

Having been in a California state hospital(as a provider, not patient), I would rather be in prison. It was nightmare fuel. >

Yeah but you’re not a serial rapist with advanced dementia… >

I mean, on one hand he shouldn't be a free man if guilty(I only say this due to the lack of trial and lack of knowledge of his actions), but on the other, there's an argument to be made that our care for the criminally insane violates the 8th amendment... It's hard to care about some of those people, but it's also really bad in there. >

I mean if you define "cruel and usual punishment" by 1776 standards, people were still being commonly pilloried,  publicly whipped, caned, hanged, and even broken upon the Wheel back then.  Being locked in a complete hellhole was pretty common, too.
(Not that I'm actually advocating for the system to be as horrible as it is, it's just kind of interesting if you apply that argument) >

Yeah, they were pretty hypocritical..."All men are created equal" but you own a bunch of slaves. But hey, they had the right ideas! Just need to apply them better... >

20 years later we saw in the french revolution what the consequence of a less hypocritical reasoning was:
It took about two years for the french revolutionary government(s) to decide well, yes - slavery is abolished. 
Then Napoleon & co tried to reverse it for the next decade >

every U.S. school should teach the Haitian Revolution and the indemnity forced upon them by France >

before the pandemic he used to randomly show up at a British pub in Hollywood. He would play his penny whistle and hang out. Really didn't seem to be all there... >

That guy was everywhere, it seems. I usually saw him at the Rainbow, but I heard lots of stories that took place at other joints around town. >

Honestly dementia is quite the punishment. It's absolutely awful. >

I remember he did an event for the troops once and my Dad being my Dad let me meet him. There is a photo of overbite me at 10 next to him at a burger king floating around there. >

Mofo looking like Hanibal Lecter. >

Lol at the defense lawyer wishing he went to trial. >

Jesus he looks like something out of a horror movie now. I mean… I guess he always did. >

Which is pretty appropriate being as he starred in or did cameos in many many horror films.  Pretty much all of which are absolute shithouse fires