Overview

• Judge Daneta Wollman accepted Jayden Griffin’s guilty plea on September 29, with sentencing yet to be scheduled.
• He admitted in a September 16 court filing that he threatened to kill Epic Games employees and intended the messages as threats.
• The communications were sent between October 24 and November 9, 2024, to an electronic reporting service used by the company.
• He pleaded guilty to a federal offense described as threatening interstate commerce, tied to Epic’s North Carolina headquarters.
• He faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years of supervised release, and Epic Games declined to comment.