Former porn king Ron Jeremy is in such poor health that he will now be released to a “private residence,” less than a year after he was formally declared incompetent to stand trial on more than 30 counts of sexual assault.
Jeremy, who is suffering from dementia and was placed under a conservator earlier this year, has been in Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A. for months while awaiting assignment to a state medical facility. But on Friday, a judge granted a request to release the 70-year-old to a private residence where he will receive “round the clock medical care” after it was determined that “no medical facility will take him,” according to an email obtained by The Times.
The email, written to victims in Jeremy’s criminal case by Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Paul Thompson, noted that Jeremy’s “medical condition has deteriorated to the point that he is essentially bedridden.” Thompson cited public safety concerns in objecting to the motion to release Jeremy, which was filed on the defendant’s behalf by the county Office of the Public Guardian, but was overruled, the email said.
