John Griffin’s conviction Tuesday at a Vermont court hearing comes after he pleaded guilty in federal court in December to using interstate commerce to lure and coerce a child into sexual activity at their Vermont ski home .
In 2022, as part of a plea deal, two remaining charges of grooming a minor against John Griffin, then 45, were dropped.
John Griffin started in 2021 by pleading not guilty, but was eventually ordered to pay damages to the victims.
According to the plea deal, John Griffin met a woman on a website in the summer of 2020 and persuaded her to take their daughter to the ski house in Ludlow, Vermont, for sexual activity.
John Griffin paid for the woman and girl to fly from Nevada to Boston, picked them up at the airport, and drove them to his home in Vermont, where the girl said Griffin sexually assaulted her, according to court documents.
He was arrested in December 2021, the day after he was convicted by a grand jury, and subsequently fired from CNN, where he worked for eight years, according to the network.
The sentence also prohibits you from having contact with anyone under the age of 18 except in the presence of an adult approved by a probation officer, and you are prohibited from entering areas where children congregate, such as schools, playgrounds and amusement parks. , unless previously approved.
Source: DN
