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Longtime CNN producer John Griffin on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to child sex trafficking charges during his arraignment in a U.S. District Court in Vermont.
Griffin pleaded not guilty to three counts child sex trafficking and faces anywhere from 10 years behind bars to life imprisonment if convicted.
Judge William Sessions III granted Vermont Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Drescher’s motion for Griffin’s pretrial detention. He will be held without bail.
Earlier this month, longtime CNN senior producer John Griffin was arrested by the FBI after being charged with shocking sex crimes with girls as young as nine years old.
(Vermont State Police)
“[Griffin] has a history of mental illness and substance abuse, and he recently admitted to continuing to use intoxicants,” Drescher wrote in the motion. “He faces not only a significant loss of liberty, but also extraordinary reputational damage. He has dishonestly tried to talk his way out of being held accountable. He has tried to buy his way out of trouble. There is no set of conditions that can assure the Court of his continued appearance or address the danger he presents if released.”
LONGTIME CNN PRODUCER JOHN GRIFFIN WAS ‘ASHAMED’ AFTER ARREST FOR CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING: PROSECUTOR
Griffin’s defense team did not oppose his detention, according to court filings.
The longtime producer and friend of fellow fallen former CNN newsman Chris Cuomo is accused of paying a woman $30,000 for a “mother daughter weekend” with him and told authorities that he was “ashamed” when he was arrested for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old girl and enticing other minors, U.S. wrote in the Drescher motion for detention.
Real estate view of the Federal Court House in Burlington Vermont.
(Fox News Digital)
Last year, Griffin sought out women who identified as sexually submissive and tried to persuade them to allow him to “train” their minor daughters, ages 9 and 13,…
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