USA: Former CNN producer John Griffin sentenced to 19 years in jail for sexually abusing a 9-year-old woman

On Tuesday, June 20, a former CNN producer John Griffin, of Stamford, Connecticut was sentenced to 19 years in jail. John Griffin was convicted of sexually abusing a 9-year-old woman. In addition to the 19-years jail time period, Griffin has been sentenced to fifteen years of supervised launch. 

In December, John Griffin of Stamford, Connecticut, pleaded responsible in federal court docket to utilizing an interstate commerce facility to entice and coerce a minor into sexual conduct at his Vermont ski residence.

The authorities dropped two excellent counts of inducement of a minor in opposition to Griffin, as a part of the 2022 plea deal. Griffin initially pleaded not responsible in 2021. He has been ordered to pay restitution to the victims.

Furthermore, John Griffin is prohibited from having contact with minors beneath the age of 18, until accompanied by an grownup who has been permitted by a probation officer. He can also be barred from attending locations the place kids congregate, equivalent to playgrounds, colleges, and theme parks, until he first obtains permission from a probation officer.

According to the plea settlement, the ex-CNN producer contacted a lady on an internet site in the course of the summer time of 2020 and satisfied her to convey her daughter to his residence for sexual exercise.

Griffin gave the lady $3,000 to journey from Nevada to Boston, the place he met them and drove them to the $1.8 million residence.

According to an unsealed court docket doc, Grffin acknowledged that “wanton whore” is a time period that may be utilized to “the core of any” feminine, and that “a woman is a woman regardless of her age,” as articulated in texts taken from the indictment.

Notably, Griffin joined the CNN in 2013 and labored intently with Chris Cuomo, CNN journalist and trouble of former New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo who was fired by the media home after he tried to assist his brother cope with a sexual harassment scandal.

Other than this, in 2021, Project Veritas, a US journalism enterprise printed graphic texts and movies during which a CNN producer fantasized about molesting his personal fiancee’s daughter. The CNN producer apparently additionally sought to solicit sexually specific pictures from his fiancee’s teenage daughter, in response to the undercover video and textual content message.