Teen Who Threatened To Kill Devs At Fortnite Studio Pleads Guilty

Eddie Makuch
9/30/2025

A South Dakota teenager has pleaded guilty to sending messages to developers at Fortnite studio Epic Games threatening to kill them.Jayden Griffin, 19, pleaded guilty to "threatening interstate commerce." He faces a sentence of up to five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, or both, and a period of supervised release of up to three years.Court documents seen by GameSpot show that a US Grand Jury charged Griffin in December 2024 over claims that he sent threatening messages to people at Epic Games by way of electronic communications sent between October 24, 2024 and November 9, 2024. The Grand Jury cited a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). It constituted interstate commerce because Epic Games is located in North Carolina, and that's where the messages were sent.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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