Attorneys in the case of Andrew Isaac Griffin, accused of murdering Tom and Angela Strussion in 2021, discussed the testimony of Griffin’s former spouse with Belmont County Common Pleas Judge Chris Berhalter in a closed courtroom Monday afternoon.

Belmont County Prosecutor Kevin Flanagan and Griffin’s attorney Kate Clark came to an agreement during Monday’s hearing that the court be closed to hold a spousal privilege hearing.

Griffin is accused of double homicide in the deaths of the Strussions at their home on Trails End Drive near Belmont in September 2021. Flanagan said that the reason the court was closed for the hearing was due to the possibility that parts of the unnamed former spouse’s testimony elicited throughout the hearing could be prejudicial to either Griffin or the state.

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