FBI agent found guilty of raping three women inside of his secret tattoo parlor

An FBI cause was recovered blameworthy of raping 3 women aft luring them into his tattoo store by promising them escaped tattoos and modeling contracts, officials said.

FBI supervisor Eduardo Valdivia, 41, ran concealed tattoo parlors nether the names Lalo Brown and El Boogie erstwhile helium wasn’t astatine his time job, prosecutors said.

The cause utilized fake names and the Instagram relationship DC Fine Line Tattoos to lure women into the shop, promising them modeling contracts earlier filming himself sexually assaulting them, prosecutors said, according to NBC 4 Washington.

After filming the assaults, Valdivia, who joined the FBI successful 2011, would past usage the fake modeling contacts arsenic blackmail to get the women to return.

Valdivia, a joined begetter of 3 children, sat expressionless arsenic the assemblage announced helium was blameworthy connected each counts connected Friday, according to the Washington Post. He could walk decades successful situation for the charges.

While successful court, Valdivia took the basal and claimed his encounters with the women were consensual. However, helium aboriginal admitted to hiding grounds aft learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

Valdivia said that helium threw distant a container of condoms and wiped his laptop and representation card, which held photos and videos of himself having enactment with the women.

Valdivia besides told the courtroom that helium ne'er told the FBI astir the tattoo parlors. He had been suspended by the bureau.

The erstwhile cause holds degrees successful Spanish lit and nationalist wellness and helped oversee nationalist wellness clinics astir the state earlier joining the FBI successful 2011, according to tribunal documents.

It’s the 2nd clip wrong a substance of years that Valdivia went connected proceedings for felony counts successful Montgomery County. In 2020, helium was charged with attempted execution for shooting a antheral connected a Metro train.

Prosecutors said the antheral was asking for wealth and walked away, cursing, prompting Valdivia to archer him to ticker his mouth. Tensions betwixt the 2 rose, and Valdivia changeable the antheral twice.

Valdivia, however, testified astatine the clip that helium felt threatened. A assemblage recovered him not blameworthy connected each counts.

After deliberating astir 3 hours, a assemblage recovered him blameworthy of 4 counts of second-degree rape and 2 counts of fourth-degree intersexual offense.

He is acceptable to beryllium sentenced connected October 14.