Fired CNN Producer May Be Offered Plea Deal

Remember former CNN Producer John Griffin and his arrest after police say he was luring young girls and their mothers to a Vermont ski home for “sexual training”?

It appears that he might be getting an offer or a plea deal in his case.

Griffin has been in federal custody since his indictment in December on three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

Griffin was fired from his job as a CNN producer after the indictment.

He is now being sued by an 11-year-old victim and her guardian who claim the girl was forced to commit sex acts while she was at his home. The girl was just 9 years old when the sex acts were committed.

Griffin is also going through a divorce and dealing with the lawsuit while in custody on the federal charges. His wife was not accused of wrongdoing and has not been charged.

The Stamford Advocate writes that Griffin’s attorney in the federal case, David Kirby, was granted a 45-day extension so he could discuss the plea agreement with his client later this summer. In court documents, Kirby said he will be involved in another trial for three to four weeks beginning Wednesday and will not be able to discuss the plea deal and “its ramifications” with Griffin until the trial is complete.

“This case may be resolved by plea, but substantial consultations with Mr. Griffin are required to determine if that will be the case,” Kirby said in a motion seeking a 45-day continuance. A U.S. District Judge in Vermont granted the request, moving the date for motions to Aug. 4.

The terms of the plea agreement have not been disclosed.