Feds Claim John Hinckley Still Trying to Impress Women

June 19, 2008— -- John Hinckley Jr., the lovestruck gunman who shot President Ronald Reagan in a bizarre attempt to impress Jodi Foster, is still trying to impress the ladies, and federal officials warn that his obsession could again turn violent.

An affidavit filed by federal officials trying to restrict Hinckley's movements claim the would-be assassin has at least three girlfriends and possibly as many as five.

The document claims that Hinckley's rampant womanizing stems from a "narcissistic need" to impress women, and includes "development of several behaviors that have been universally recognized as risk factors for further violence."

Hinckley claims that he's in love with one of his alleged paramours, though the woman has repeatedly told Hinckley she has no intention of leaving her long-term boyfriend.

It was unrequited love for Foster in 1981 that prompted Hinckley, then 27, to shoot Reagan and three others, hoping it would impress the actress.

Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity the following year and ordered incarcerated in St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital. In recent years the hospital has argued that Hinckley's psychosis is in remission and has succeeded in winning court permission for short furloughs for Hinckley to visit his parents' home as part of his mental health care.

Those trips have been expanded to six days at a time and earlier this month, the hospital made a series of recommendations that would allow Hinckley to leave the hospital for up to 10 days straight, allow him to get a driver's license, and permit him do volunteer work in the community.

Alarmed federal officials, who shadow Hinckley whenever he leaves the hospital, filed an affidavit earlier this month objecting to the plan. The affidavit, first reported by TheSmokingGun.com, said Hinckley has developed a disturbing need to impress women again over the past year.

"This has resulted in Mr. Hinckley maintaining nearly simultaneous sexual relationships with 'Miss A' and 'Miss G,'" the affidavit claims.

Hinckley, now 53, has also rekindled a relationship with Leslie deVeau, a former girlfriend who was incarcerated at St. Elizabeths after it was determined she was insane when she shot and killed her 10-year-old daughter. DeVeau was released from St. Elizabeths after eight years of treatment.

"Then in November, 2007, he met a fourth woman, a 'Miss B,'" who the feds suspect has also become romantic, the affidavit states.

The feds claim that Hinckley, who is required by the hospital to keep a log about his relationships with women, is deceptive. Although he told the staff he stopped seeing Miss M, he later confided that he has "fondling privileges" with her.

They suspect Hinckley may be romancing yet another patient at the hospital, according to the affidavit, which was filed by the U.S. Attorneys office for Washington, D.C.

Also alarming to authorities is the fact that Hinckley recently recorded a song on a CD entitled, "The Ballad of the Outlaw," a tune about suicide and lawlessness that he wrote before the Reagan assassination attempt.

Before Hinckley is allowed to roam freely he must learn how to deal with "his narcissistic need to be in the company of women and impress the women he is with in order to preclude the danger that he may again try to impress a woman through violence," the federal government argued.

The objections go on to say that Hinckley functions well in finding ways to entertain himself when he is out of the hospital, but has failed to follow up on the hospital's suggestions that he do volunteer work.

"Mr. Hinckley believes himself to be entitled to a life of leisure and shows significant signs of stress when he is not given his way," the document states.

Both St. Elizabeths and Hinckley's lawyer, Barry Levine, declined to discuss his hopes for more freedom or the accusation that he is still dangerous.