FBI agent charged with rape and sexual assault, two years after DC Metro’s acquittal

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An FBI special agent who was acquitted of attempted murder in a D.C. Metro shooting has been charged with raping and assaulting two women in Maryland, police said Monday.

Eduardo Valdivia, 40, has been suspended from the FBI pending a police investigation, a spokesman for the bureau’s Washington field office told CNN.

“The FBI takes allegations of criminal wrongdoing and misconduct very seriously,” the field office said in a statement. “We are aware of the matter surrounding the recent arrest of an FBI employee and are cooperating fully with the Montgomery County Police Department. Because this is an ongoing investigation, the FBI cannot comment further.”

Valdivia faces 10 felony and misdemeanor charges, including second-degree rape and second-degree assault, for acts that allegedly occurred in May and September of this year, court records show.

Montgomery County police confirmed Valdivia is in custody accused of sexually assaulting two women.

“Special Victims Investigations Division detectives believe there may be additional victims,” police said in a statement, adding that they would hold a press conference on Tuesday to encourage more people to come forward.

The indictment comes almost two years later Valdivia was found not guilty of attempted murder and other related charges by a Maryland grand jury after he shot and wounded a passenger on a Metro train in the Washington, D.C., area in December 2020.

In that incident, Valdivia was on his way to work when he allegedly had a verbal argument with a man while on a Red Line train and shot him. Robert Bonsib, Valdivia’s attorney, argued that it was self-defense, and Valdivia was acquitted of all charges.

Bonsib confirmed to the Associated Press that his client was arrested Monday on charges of sexual assault.

“We do not accept any accusation prima facie until all the evidence is in,” Bonsib said.

CNN has reached out to Bonsib for comment.

According to court records, Valdivia is scheduled to appear in Montgomery County Court on Tuesday for a bail hearing.