Disgraced CNN producer pleads GUILTY to child sex crime "The defendant solicited young girls, including the minor plaintiff, for the purpose of knowingly persuading, inducing, enticing and coercing them to engage in sexual activity..."

Former CNN senior producer John Griffin has pleaded guilty in federal court after being accused of child sex crimes and charged a year ago. He plead guilty to "using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity at his Vermont ski house," per AP.

Two of the three charges against Griffin, 45, were dropped by the federal government as part of the agreement. According to the Associated Press, Griffin "must pay full restitution to the victims, an amount which will be determined by the court" and "has agreed to forfeit a Tesla vehicle, and electronic items and to donate half of the proceeds from the sale of his Vermont home and the upcoming sale of a Mercedes vehicle into the court registry."

Griffin’s sentencing is scheduled for March 2023. He faces a minimum of 10 years to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, must pay full restitution to the victims of an amount to be determined by the court. After his prison sentence, he also likely faces supervised release with conditions which include participating in a sex offender treatment and registering as a sex offender and cannot have contact with anyone under the age of 18, except in the presence of probation officer approved adult and will be prohibited from being near schools, playgrounds, theme parks, and other areas where children congregate, unless approved in advance by the probation officer.

The ex-CNN producer has agreed to forfeit his Tesla as well as electronic items and to donate half of the proceeds from the sale of his Vermont home and a Mercedes vehicle into the court registry.

According to a federal indictment, Griffin, a resident of Stamford, Connecticut was charged by a grand jury in Vermont "with three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity," for coercing parents to allow their minor daughters as young as seven years old to engage in sexual activity in his Vermont ski home.

The US Attorney's office in Vermont wrote in a statement last December that Griffin "sought to persuade parents to allow him to train their daughters to be sexually submissive."

According to the indictment, between April and July 2020, Griffin used online messaging platforms such as Google Hangouts to contact parents with underage daughters and told them "that a 'woman is a woman regardless of her age,' and that women should be sexually subservient and inferior to...

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