A former CIA officer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing and filming multiple women without their consent, in one of the most serious misconduct cases in the agency's history. Former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond FBI / AP fileRaymond had pleaded guilty in Nov. 2023 to one count each of sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, coercion and enticement, and transportation of obscene material. He also pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually abusing four women, as well as engaging in nonconsensual sexual contact with six women, as part of a plea agreement. "After drugging these women, he stripped, sexually abused, and photographed them. Raymond read out a statement in court in which he expressed remorse for his actions, according to the AP.

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Persons: Brian Jeffrey Raymond, Brian Jeffrey Raymond FBI, Raymond, drugging, Matthew M, Graves, David Sundberg, Sundberg, That’s, Howard Katzoff, Colleen Kollar, Kotelly Organizations: CIA, United States Attorney's, U.S, FBI, Washington Field Office, Associated Press, AP Locations: La Mesa , California, United, U.S, Mexico City