{"id":1109638,"date":"2021-12-11T17:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109638"},"modified":"2021-12-11T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T22:14:19","slug":"former-cnn-staffer-for-chris-cuomo-arrested-for-enticing-children-as-young-as-9-years-old-for-sexual-training-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cnn-staffer-for-chris-cuomo-arrested-for-enticing-children-as-young-as-9-years-old-for-sexual-training-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CNN Staffer For Chris Cuomo Arrested For Enticing Children As Young As 9-Years-Old For \u2018Sexual\u2019 Training: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-cnn-staffer-for-chris-cuomo-arrested-for-enticing-children-as-young-as-9-years-old-for-sexual-training-authorities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal law enforcement officials arrested a senior CNN producer this week, who used to work with former host Chris Cuomo, for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with children.<\/p>\n<p>John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested on Friday after a federal grand jury charged him with multiple counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-vt\/pr\/connecticut-man-indicted-attempting-induce-minors-engage-unlawful-sexual-activity-ludlow\">said<\/a> in a statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>According to the indictment, from April to July of 2020, Griffin utilized the messaging applications Kik and Google Hangouts to communicate with people purporting to be parents of minor daughters, conveying to them, among other ideas, that a \u201cwoman is a woman regardless of her age,\u201d and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to men. On these communication platforms, Griffin sought to persuade parents to allow him to train their daughters to be sexually submissive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The statement said that Griffin advised a mother of two daughters, ages 9 and 13, that it was her responsibility to make sure that her children were \u201ctrained properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGriffin later transferred over $3,000 to the mother for plane tickets so the mother and her 9-year-old daughter could fly from Nevada to Boston\u2019s Logan airport,\u201d DOJ said. \u201cThe mother and child flew to Boston in July of 2020, where Griffin picked them up in his Tesla and drove them to his Ludlow house. At the house, the daughter was directed to engage in, and did engage in, unlawful sexual activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement further added:<\/p>\n<p><em>The indictment also includes specific allegations that Griffin attempted to entice two other children over the internet to engage in sexual activity. In April of 2020, Griffin proposed to engage in a \u201cvirtual training session\u201d over a video chat that would include him instructing the mother and her 14-year-old daughter to remove their clothing and touch each other at his direction. In June of 2020, Griffin proposed to a purported mother of a 16-year-old daughter that she take a \u201clittle mother-daughter trip\u201d to Griffin\u2019s Ludlow ski house for sexual training involving the child.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s LinkedIn account said that he worked on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day,\u201d which is the show that was co-hosted by Cuomo for a number of years before Cuomo got his own show in primetime. Griffin specifically stated on LinkedIn that he \u201cworks shoulder-to-shoulder with lead anchor Chris Cuomo, seeing him through each show and producing live breaking news across the country and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin faces up a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for each of the three felony counts that he was charged with, and could face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ also said that it \u201cintends to seek the forfeiture of Griffin\u2019s Ludlow house, his Tesla, a Mercedes, and other property that was used in the commission of the charged offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take the charges against Mr. Griffin incredibly seriously,\u201d a CNN spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-producer-former-chris-cuomo-staffer-arrested-for-allegedly-inducing-minors-for-sex\">told<\/a> Fox News. \u201cWe only learned of his arrest this afternoon and have suspended him pending investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law enforcement officials arrested a senior CNN producer this week, who used to work with former host Chris Cuomo, for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with children.John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested on Friday after a federal grand jury charged him with multiple counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity.The DOJ said in a statement:According to the indictment, from April to July of 2020, Griffin utilized the messaging applications Kik and Google Hangouts to communicate with people purporting to be parents of minor daughters, conveying to them, among other ideas, that a \u201cwoman is a woman regardless of her age,\u201d and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to men. On these communication platforms, Griffin sought to persuade parents to allow him to train their daughters to be sexually submissive.The statement said that Griffin advised a mother of two daughters, ages 9 and 13, that it was her responsibility to make sure that her children were \u201ctrained properly.\u201d\u201cGriffin later transferred over $3,000 to the mother for plane tickets so the mother and her 9-year-old daughter could fly from Nevada to Boston\u2019s Logan airport,\u201d DOJ said. \u201cThe mother and child flew to Boston in July of 2020, where Griffin picked them up in his Tesla and drove them to his Ludlow house. At the house, the daughter was directed to engage in, and did engage in, unlawful sexual activity.\u201dThe statement further added:The indictment also includes specific allegations that Griffin attempted to entice two other children over the internet to engage in sexual activity. In April of 2020, Griffin proposed to engage in a \u201cvirtual training session\u201d over a video chat that would include him instructing the mother and her 14-year-old daughter to remove their clothing and touch each other at his direction. In June of 2020, Griffin proposed to a purported mother of a 16-year-old daughter that she take a \u201clittle mother-daughter trip\u201d to Griffin\u2019s Ludlow ski house for sexual training involving the child.Griffin\u2019s LinkedIn account said that he worked on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day,\u201d which is the show that was co-hosted by Cuomo for a number of years before Cuomo got his own show in primetime. Griffin specifically stated on LinkedIn that he \u201cworks shoulder-to-shoulder with lead anchor Chris Cuomo, seeing him through each show and producing live breaking news across the country and around the world.\u201dGriffin faces up a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for each of the three felony counts that he was charged with, and could face up to life in prison.DOJ also said that it \u201cintends to seek the forfeiture of Griffin\u2019s Ludlow house, his Tesla, a Mercedes, and other property that was used in the commission of the charged offenses.\u201d\u201cWe take the charges against Mr. Griffin incredibly seriously,\u201d a CNN spokesperson told Fox News. \u201cWe only learned of his arrest this afternoon and have suspended him pending investigation.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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