FBI agent charged with rape and sexual assault 2 years after DC Metro shooting acquittal
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An FBI special agent is facing charges of rape and assault involving two women in Maryland, according to police in Montgomery County.
An FBI special agent is facing charges of rape and assault involving two women in Maryland, according to police in Montgomery County, two years after a state jury acquitted him after he shot and wounded a passenger on a Washington, DC-area Metro train. Eduardo Valdivia, 40, faces 10 felony and misdemeanor charges, including second-degree rape and second-degree assault, for acts that began in February, Assistant Chief of Police Nicholas Augustine said during a news conference Tuesday morning. Valdivia contacted the victims – two women in their 20s – via an Instagram page using a different name and invited them to a tattoo parlor, where he offered them tattoos and help getting modeling deals, Augustine said. The women did not know Valdivia was an FBI agent, he added. Valdivia was arrested Monday on sexual assault charges, his defense attorney, Robert Bonsib, confirmed to the Associated Press. “We don’t accept at first blush any of the allegations until all of the evidence is in,” said Bonsib, who declined CNN’s request for comment Tuesday morning. Valdivia remains in custody without bond following a bail hearing on Tuesday, during which a judge noted he was a danger to the community and a flight risk. Valdivia’s next court date is December 20 in Montgomery County, court records show.
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