LOS ANGELES — The Ron Jeremy trial has been postponed until Jan. 17, 2023.
The news was confirmed to XBIZ this afternoon by a Los Angeles County district attorney’s office spokesperson.
The DA's office did not respond to a question about whether a psychiatric expert for the prosecution has already issued a report on whether or not Jeremy is competent to stand trial in Los Angeles for multiple sexual assaults and rapes.
As XBIZ reported, a psychiatric expert for the defense issued a report in late July asserting that Jeremy is not competent to stand trial. The report was presented in court July 27 and the next hearing was set for today.
Jeremy's attorney, Stuart Goldfarb, did not reply to a request for comment on today's developments.
The criminal case has been at a standstill since presiding Judge George Lomeli's March 17 decision to suspend proceedings after he received reports from Goldfarb and the bailiff that the defendant was “incoherent” and could not be transported to court.
Judge Lomeli then referred the case to a mental health courthouse for a decision on Jeremy’s ability to stand trial. The judge recommended that psychiatrists on each side conduct evaluations to determine competency.
Jeremy is currently awaiting trial in Los Angeles, where he has remained in jail since his arrest in June 2020.
After an August 2021 grand jury indictment was returned, Jeremy pled not guilty to 12 counts of forcible rape, seven counts of forcible oral copulation, six counts of sexual battery by restraint, four counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious or asleep person and one count each of lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 or 15, sodomy by use of force and assault with intent to commit rape.
Last year, XBIZ published a detailed account of the 21 accusations that form the Los Angeles County district attorney's case against Jeremy. It remains the only comprehensive journalistic account of the testimonies given before the grand jury in August 2021.
