Longtime CNN producer John Griffin interacted with kids while feds investigated child sex abuse allegations

A Connecticut man expressed disbelief that former longtime CNN producer John Griffin was free to interact with young children while authorities spent 17 months investigating him for allegedly abusing a 9-year-old girl.

The man, who knows Griffin’s family, said Griffin, 44, and his wife, Allyson, 46, have three young children and hosted sleepovers and pool parties at their sprawling $4 million property overlooking Long Island Sound in Wilson Point, Connecticut.

“The Griffins have young children, and those young children have friends,” the resident told Fox News. “I know someone who is friends with their daughter and went to a pool party at their house last summer, and he [Griffin] was there.”

Griffin and his wife separated some time last year but were trying to mend their marriage last summer, sources told Fox News.

The local man said that it was common knowledge in the community that Griffin was a heavy drinker and is rumored to have spent time in rehab. He was charged in Vermont in October 2020 for driving while under the influence and smashing his vehicle into another car. – READ MORE