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A former FBI agent will be sentenced in Montgomery County, Maryland, after being convicted of raping three women in tattoo parlors he operated.
Former FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia, who was convicted of raping three women in small tattoo parlors that he operated, could face up to 122 years in prison when he’s sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Valdivia, 31, was found guilty in July 2025 of six counts of second-degree rape and two counts of fourth-degree sex offense. He is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Valdivia raped the three women after offering them free tattoos in exchange for modeling opportunities.
“He created an illusion in their minds that if they continue contact with him, they were going to to make their professional modeling dreams come true,” according to county prosecutors’ sentencing memo, reported by the Washington Post, which says prosecutors are seeking the statutory maximum, 122 years behind bars.
Circuit Court Judge Cheryl McCally will be able to consider an earlier felony arrest in Montgomery County. The jury that convicted Valdivia of the tattoo shop rapes didn’t hear about that earlier arrest during his trial last summer.
In December 2022, Valdivia was found not guilty of attempted murder after shooting another passenger twice inside a Red Line train near the Medical Center station in Bethesda, back in December 2020.
The jury found Valdivia acted in self-defense when he shot an unarmed, aggressive panhandler. He was acquitted on all counts.
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Neal Augenstein
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