A former CIA agent, who previously pleaded guilty in 2021 to sexually abusing 24 women, has been allowed by a DC judge to withdraw his guilty plea.
Per the Department of Justice, Brian Jeffery Raymond, a former CIA agent who was most recently employed at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, pleaded guilty to “engaging in sexual intercourse with two women when both were incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct or consenting to it.
According to reports, he would also admit to taking photographs of over 24 unconscious women while they were naked and would allegedly sexually assault several of them while they were sleeping.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that despite pleading guilty, 10 months after making his plea Raymond filed a new motion to withdraw his pleas due to his case being “tainted by ineffective assistance of counsel.”
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Raymond’s motion on the grounds of his request was made before sentencing.
D.C. judge allows CIA officer from La Mesa to withdraw sexual abuse pleas https://t.co/ritBalz42V [Breaking]
— The San Diego Union-Tribune (@sdut) November 2, 2022
Raymond was a longtime CIA employee and was arrested after a bystander noticed a “naked, hysterical woman desperately screaming for help” on the balcony of Raymond’s Mexico City apartment.
After the incident investigators were able to discover hundreds of photos in Raymond’s possession that depicted passed-out naked women in his bed.
– Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 45, of La Mesa, California, worked for the CIA for a number of years while he sexually assaulted at least 24 women over 14 yearshttps://t.co/1rZxicZbjE
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 27, 2021
Many of Raymond’s victims reportedly suffered memory loss for several days after allegedly being molested and drugged by Raymond.
A breaking report by Buzz Feed News in 2021 reveals that in the last 14 years, the CIA has had 10 employees/ contractors commit sexual crimes against children.
No wonder John F. Kennedy wanted to disband the intelligence agencies.
