OAN’s Roy Francis
1:20 PM – Wednesday, June 21, 2023
A former CNN producer has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to coercing a 9-year-old girl into illegal sexual acts.
John Griffin who, according to his LinkedIn profile, worked for eight years at CNN as a senior producer and worked closely with former lead anchor Chris Cuomo, pleaded guilty at a U.S. District Court Hearing in Vermont to luring a 9-year-old girl into illegal sexual acts and was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, with an additional 15 years of supervised release.
According to court records, in 2020 Griffin had met a woman on a website, and persuaded her to bring her daughter to his ski home in Ludlow, Vermont for sexual activity. He had paid the woman $3,000 to fly to Boston, where he picked them up and drove them to his home where the girl said he had sexually assaulted her.
A federal judge has sentenced former CNN television producer John Griffin to 19 years in prison for his involvement in luring a 9-year-old girl into illegal sexual acts in Vermont.
In 2020, Griffin successfully convinced a woman to travel with her daughter from Nevada to…
