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A Maryland judge has sent to prison a former FBI agent who raped three women at his tattoo studio after promising them free body art and modeling opportunities.
Eduardo Valdivia was sentenced to 60 years in prison for his crimes, which Montgomery County Circuit Judge Cheryl McCully described as “diabolical.”
According to court documents, Judge McCully said in sentencing Valdivia, “Not only was this heinous, but what you proposed was also vile.”
41-year-old former FBI agent faces eight-day hearing Six counts of second-degree rapeHe was found guilty on all six charges.
The court heard that Valdivia set up a secret tattoo parlor under the aliases Lalo Brown and El Boogie when he was not working at his day job.
According to prosecutors, Valdivia had two studios, the first of which was located on the second floor of a strip mall. potomacThe second was located in an office building in Gaithersburg.
He founded a secret tattoo studio called DC Fine Line tattoo Luring women with promises of modeling contracts and free tattoos.
According to prosecutors, Valdivia would then film himself sexually assaulting them.
The former agent, a married father of three, will use the footage to blackmail him into returning.
“This is about a predator capturing its prey,” Assistant State Attorney Rachel Morris told jurors during closing arguments. “It’s about complete control and dominance over these young women.”
Prosecutors also claimed that Valdivia destroyed much of the Video After the evidence he found out that Police Were looking for him in 2024.
Valdivia claimed in court that his meetings with the women were consensual.
However, two of his victims told in court how the former FBI The agent’s crimes had affected his life.
“There are days I don’t want to talk,” said one 21-year-old victim. “There are days I don’t want to get out of bed.”
Another said she was speaking in court to “recapture the voice of my 18-year-old self.”
When Valdivia raped his first victim, who was in high school at the time, he had just charged with a second crime,
In 2022, a jury determined that Valdivia had acted in self-defense. shot a man dead On the metro train.
The FBI agent claimed that the man had pushed him into a corner and threatened to take his gun, forcing him to open fire. He was acquitted of all charges related to the 2022 shooting.
Valdivia worked in field offices in Los Angeles, San Juan, and Puerto Rico before moving to Washington. During this time he worked secretly on cases related to violent gangs.
According to his lawyer, since his recent trial, he has been fired from the FBI.
Montgomery Court Records, obtained by wall street journalalso revealed that he and his wife are getting a divorce.