A former CIA officer who beforehand pleaded responsible to sexually abusing and drugging greater than two dozen ladies in a number of international locations, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, was sentenced within the U.S. District Court docket on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in keeping with a press release from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Columbia.
He has additionally been ordered to pay $260,000 restitution to the victims and serve a lifetime of supervised launch, whereas he can even be required to register as a intercourse offender after his launch from jail.
As beforehand reported by PEOPLE, in November 2023, Raymond admitted to drugging and sexually assaulting a number of ladies at his embassy-leased housing in Mexico Metropolis and different areas between 2006 and 2020. He pleaded responsible to at least one depend every of sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, coercion and enticement and transportation of obscene materials.
Raymond photographed and filmed a complete of 28 ladies who had been both nude or partially nude “with out their consent whereas they had been unconscious or incapable of consenting,” per the discharge.
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“Lots of the recordings present Raymond touching and manipulating the sufferer’s our bodies whereas they had been unconscious and incapable of consent,” the discharge states, including that Raymond tried to delete the images and recordings after studying concerning the legal investigation towards him.
He additionally admitted to “drugging after which participating in nonconsensual sexual acts with 4 ladies and nonconsensual sexual contact with six ladies,” in keeping with the discharge.
“When this predator was a authorities worker, he lured unsuspecting ladies to his government-leased housing and drugged them,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Matthew M. Graves. “After drugging these ladies, he stripped, sexually abused, and photographed them. Right this moment’s sentence ensures that the defendant will probably be correctly marked as a intercourse offender for all times, and he’ll spend a considerable portion of the remainder of his life behind bars.”
FBI assistant director David Sundberg mentioned Raymond “exploited” his trusted place as a U.S. authorities worker.
“The FBI thanks the courageous ladies who shared data that furthered this investigation,” Sundberg mentioned, per the discharge. “We acknowledge our home and international regulation enforcement companions who helped carry Raymond to justice for his reprehensible crimes.”
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Raymond was first accused of sexual abuse in Could 2020 when a unadorned girl was seen screaming for assist from the balcony of his residence in Mexico Metropolis, in keeping with a statement from the FBI Washington Subject Workplace and the U.S. Division of State’s Diplomatic Safety Service (DSS) Workplace.
“Raymond admitted to having sexual activity together with her, however the girl reported that she had no reminiscence of occasions after consuming drinks and meals offered by Raymond,” the assertion learn partly.
An investigation into the ex-CIA officer started, and authorities discovered lots of of images and movies on Raymond’s digital units depicting unconscious and nude, or partially nude, ladies.
“Nearly all the ladies within the images and movies skilled reminiscence loss throughout their time with Raymond and had no data of the pictures, movies, or any bodily contact,” the assertion added.
By July 2021, Raymond had pleaded responsible to 2 counts of sexual abuse, by which the victims had been incapable of consent, and one depend of transporting obscene materials, as beforehand reported by PEOPLE.
Nonetheless, round a 12 months later, Raymond withdrew his responsible plea, in keeping with CNN, citing court docket paperwork. He was then indicted in 2023 on a number of sexual offenses.
