Former CIA officer found not guilty in case that spurred change in sexual misconduct policies at spy agency
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A Virginia jury has acquitted the man at the center of a case that helped trigger major changes inside the Central Intelligence Agency for its handling of sexual assault allegations.
Ashkan Bayatpour, the former CIA officer who was accused in 2022 of sexual assault, told CBS News in a statement that he is "grateful that a jury of my peers believed me and found me not guilty."
A jury of six women and one man heard both sides of the case over three days at the Fairfax County Circuit Court and came to their decision late Wednesday.
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