A judge has ruled that Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, is mentally competent to stand trial on sex-trafficking charges, following months of hospitalization for dementia symptoms.

Lawyers for former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries claim he is incompetent ahead of his October sex trafficking trial, with prison tape recordings reportedly showing him saying doctors "better find me incompetent."

Despite arguments from his lawyers that he is unfit, a prison doctor informed a judge that Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, is fit to stand trial for sex trafficking charges.

A competency hearing continued for Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, where a judge heard audio from his prison tapes.