FBI agent charged with rape and sexual assault 2 years after DC Metro shooting acquittal

By Lex Harvey, Kia Fatahi, Rashard Rose and Amanda Musa, CNN
4 minute read • Updated 1:46 PM EST, Tue November 26, 2024

(CNN) — 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.


Eduardo Valdivia. Montgomery County Police Department

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 is in custody without bond, according to police. He is expected in Montgomery District Court Tuesday afternoon for a bail hearing, according to court records. ... The charges come nearly two years after a Maryland Jury found Valdivia not guilty of attempted murder and other related charges after he shot and wounded a passenger on a Washington, DC-area Metro train in December 2020.

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