FBI agent charged with rape and sexual assault two years after being acquitted in the DC Metro shooting

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Police said Monday that an FBI special agent acquitted of attempted murder in the Washington, D.C., subway shooting was charged with raping and assaulting two women in Maryland.

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

“The FBI takes allegations of criminal violations and misconduct very seriously,” the field office said in a statement. “We are aware of the recent arrest of an FBI employee and are fully cooperating with the Montgomery County Police Department. Because the investigation is ongoing, the FBI is unable to provide further comment.”

Court records show 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.

The Montgomery County Police Department confirmed that Valdivia is in custody and accused of sexually assaulting two women.

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

The allegations come almost two years later Valdivia was found innocent attempted murder and other related charges by a Maryland grand jury after he shot and wounded a passenger on a subway train in the Washington, D.C., area in December 2020.

During the incident, Valdivia was on his way to work when he allegedly got into an exchange with a man on a Red Line train and shot him. Robert Bonsib, Valdivia’s defense 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 sexual assault charges.

“On prima facie, we do not accept any of the allegations until all the evidence is gathered,” Bonsib said.

CNN has reached out to Bonsib for comment.

Court records show Valdivia is scheduled to appear in Montgomery County District Court on Tuesday for a bail hearing.