CIA ‘predator’ who sexually abused unconscious women across multiple countries — keeping 500 pics, videos of horrid acts — sentenced to 30 years in jail

A disgraced CIA serviceman who drugged and sexually abused “numerous women successful aggregate countries” complete 14 years and was recovered pinch complete 500 disturbing images and videos of his victims was sentenced to 3 decades down bars.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, was slapped pinch a 30-year condemnation connected Wednesday aft pleading blameworthy successful November 2023 to 4 of 25 counts, including intersexual abuse, abusive intersexual contact, coercion and enticement, and proscription of obscene material, according to nan Department of Justice.

He besides admitted to “drugging and past creating obscene worldly depicting 28 women without their knowledge aliases support and drugging 2 different women,” pinch immoderate images depicting nan “predator” groping and straddling his nude, unconscious victims.

“It’s safe to opportunity he’s a intersexual predator,” US Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said during his sentencing. “You are going to person a play of clip to deliberation astir this.”

Kollar-Kotelly slammed Raymond for “his criminal acts” and that he “betrayed his authorities and his country.”

Raymond, a San Diego native, served complete 20 years successful nan CIA aft completing White House and legislature internships.

According to tribunal documents, Raymond was connected duty pinch nan CIA successful Mexico, Peru, and “elsewhere” betwixt 2006 and 2020. The quality of his activity was not disclosed during nan investigation, which would see a afloat database of nan countries wherever he assaulted women.

He targeted women connected dating apps aliases done casual encounters — while knowing immoderate of his victims for astir 20 years arsenic “platonic friends.”

During this period, nan convicted intersexual predator would lure “unsuspecting women to his government-leased lodging and drugged them,” US Attorney Matthew M. Graves said during his sentencing.

“After drugging these women, he stripped, sexually abused, and photographed them,” Graves added.

About a twelve of Raymond’s victims, identified only by numbers successful court, recounted nan horrific harm nan ex-CIA serviceman had caused their lives during sentencing .—

Some of nan women revealed they only learned of being sexually assaulted aft nan FBI showed them nan photos of them unconscious and being attacked, according to nan DOJ.

“My assemblage looks for illustration a corpse connected his bed,” 1 unfortunate told nan court. “Now I person these nightmares of seeing myself dead.”

Another of his victims said she’d had a recurring trance that caused her to tally reddish lights while driving, pinch others revealing they’ve suffered tense breakdowns complete Raymond taking advantage of them.

“I dream he is haunted by nan consequences of his actions for nan remainder of his life,” 1 of his victims said while staring down nan intersexual predator successful court.

Another of Raymond’s victims said he appeared to beryllium nan “perfect gentleman” erstwhile she met him successful Mexico successful 2020.

She recalled kissing Raymond but soon aft blacked retired — only later discovering that he recorded 35 videos and close-up photos of her breasts and genitals.

Raymond’s disturbing crimes first came to ray successful May 2020, aft Mexico City constabulary responded to calls astir a naked female screaming for thief from nan pavilion of a CIA officer’s apartment.

The ex-CIA officer, who speaks Spanish and Mandarin, told officers nan incident pinch nan female was consensual, but nan adjacent day, he returned to nan US arsenic nan COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began ramping up.

However, during this time, investigators were basking connected his way and obtained a warrant to hunt his phones.

Raymond past “attempted to delete nan definitive photographs and videos depicting nan victims aft learning astir nan criminal investigation,” but investigators were capable to retrieve nan over 500 images and videos of his crimes, according to tribunal documents. 

Investigators besides recovered an incriminating online hunt history for phrases specified arsenic “Ambien and intoxicant and walk out” and “vodka & valium” while combing done his devices.

He was arrested successful San Diego successful October 2020 and was held without bail successful a DC jailhouse for nan past 4 years.

During his sentencing proceeding Wednesday, nan erstwhile authorities worker apologized to his victims and said he took “full work for my unconscionable actions.”

“It betrayed everything I guidelines for and I cognize nary apology will ever beryllium enough,” Raymond told nan court. “There are nary words to picture really sorry I am. That’s not who I americium and yet it’s who I became.”

As portion of his sentence, Raymond has been ordered to salary $10,000 to each of his 28 identified victims and will beryllium required to registry arsenic a activity offender.

The CIA has publically condemned its erstwhile employee’s horrific crimes.

“There is perfectly nary excuse for Mr. Raymond’s reprehensible, appalling behavior,” nan agency said Wednesday. “As this lawsuit shows, we are committed to engaging pinch rule enforcement.”

with Post wires