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US embassy staffer, Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 44, alleged ‘serial rapist who drugged, assaulted and photographed at least 23 women over a decade after luring them to his apartment in Mexico City’, faces more charges

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>US Embassy staffer is a &&num;8216&semi;serial rapist who drugged&comma; recorded his assault of at least 23 women over a decade in Mexico City&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Feds <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>Veteran staffer Brian Jeffrey Raymond was arrested last Octo 9 in San Diego<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>He was charged in one case involving an alleged assault on May 31&comma; officials said<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>Raymond is now facing two additional charges of sexual abuse at his U&period;S&period; government leased apartment in Mexico City<&sol;strong> <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>Feds searching his electronic devices found 400 photos and videos of him sexually abusing women allegedly intoxicated and unconscious <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>An unsealed FBI affidavit details how he lured one California woman to Mexico &&num;8211&semi; FBI uncovered 77 disturbing images of the two on his devices<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>Raymond&comma; who left his job in June&comma; is accused of filming many of his alleged victims while they were unconscious&comma; according to federal prosecutors<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4a4041"><strong>History of alleged serial abuser was uncovered after police found a &&num;8216&semi;naked&comma; hysterical woman screaming for help&&num;8217&semi; from the balcony of his Mexico City apt in May<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brian-Jeffrey-Raymond-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367062"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Former embassy staffer in Mexico&comma; Brian Jeffrey Raymond&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested last October in San Diego and charged in one case involving an alleged assault on May 31&period; He is now facing two additional charges of sexual abuse at his U&period;S&period; government leased apt in Mexico City<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The US diplomat accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least 23 women is facing new charges after photograph was circulated for the first time&period; <br>Brian Jeffrey Raymond&comma; a former staffer at the US Embassy in Mexico&comma; was arrested last October in San Diego on one count of coercion and enticement&period;  At the time federal agents searching his electronic devices found 400 photos and videos of him sexually abusing women allegedly intoxicated and unconscious&period; <br>The indictment spoke of victims in Mexico City and the Washington&comma; DC metropolitan area&period; However&comma; Raymond&comma; 44&comma; is now facing two additional charges of sexual abuse at his U&period;S&period; government leased apartment in Mexico City&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thedailybeast&period;com&sol;accused-embassy-rapist-brian-jeffrey-raymond-lured-one-woman-from-us-to-mexico-feds-say&quest;ref&equals;scroll">The Daily Beast<&sol;a> reports&period;<br>The new charges Raymond now faces stem from additional communications FBI investigators have recovered from his electronic devices and iCloud account&period; <br>In one conversation&comma; Raymond convinced a California woman identified in court records only as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Adult Victim 2” to visit him in Mexico following their first date in the U&period;S&period;<br>She had already &&num;8216&semi;blacked out&&num;8217&semi; during their first date in February 2018 in the US&comma; prosecutors allege&period;  During a second vist in November of that year&comma; the woman says she passed out again&period; <br>Raymond allegedly recorded his abuse of the unconscious woman&period; <br>During the investigations the FBI found 77 disturbing images of the diplomat and the alleged victim were found on his devices&period; Raymond is seen holding up her eyelids and pulling down her underwear&period; She told feds that she &&num;8216&semi;was unaware of the existence of any photographs and videos and did not consent to them being taken&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the affidavit states&period; <br>Raymond&comma; who left his job in June and moved back in with his parents&comma; is accused of filming many of his alleged victims while they were unconscious&comma; according to federal prosecutors&period;<br>Some of the images allegedly showed Raymond nude and aroused as he held victims&&num;8217&semi; eyes open&comma; played with their limbs and put fingers in their mouths to show they were unconscious&period; <br>Another alleged victim told them she she &&num;8216&semi;lost all memory shortly after arriving at Raymond&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&period; <br>The last thing she remembers is walking down a hallway with him&comma; this particular said&period; &&num;8216&semi;She does not recall having sex or consenting to sex&period; Nevertheless&comma; she awoke naked in his bed&comma; and her body felt as if she had been penetrated vaginally&period;&&num;8217&semi;    <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;US-Embassy-in-Mexico-City-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367086" width&equals;"602" height&equals;"338"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Raymond&comma; a former staffer at the US Embassy in Mexico City &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least 23 women after authorities discovered photos and videos of the alleged victims unconscious in his bed<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The FBI started investigating after Mexican police responding to a call May 31 found a woman naked and screaming from the balcony of an embassy-leased apartment in Mexico City&period;<br>Investigators found more than 400 photos and videos on Raymond&&num;8217&semi;s iCloud account in which he appears to be filming unconscious women&comma; many of whom he met on dating apps&comma; according to court documents&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Raymond has worked for the U&period;S&period; government for 23 years in numerous countries&comma; according to court documents&period; Prosecutors did not specify what position he held in Mexico other than to say he was working for a U&period;S&period; government agency at the embassy&period;<br>Roberto Velasco&comma; director general of North America in Mexico&&num;8217&semi;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs&comma; said Raymond was the first secretary of the United States&comma; a mid-level diplomatic post&period;<br>Mexican authorities collaborated with U&period;S&period; officials on the investigation that led to Raymond&&num;8217&semi;s arrest &&num;8216&semi;in order to bring to justice a potential series of sexual abuses that occurred in both countries&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Velasco said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brian-Jeffrey-Raymond-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367075"&sol;><figcaption>US diplomat Brian Raymond&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; who left his job in June&comma; is accused of filming many of his alleged victims while they were unconscious&comma;&period; He faces up to 20 years in prison&comma; if convicted<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Raymond who departed from his posting in June&comma; is accused of filming many of his alleged victims while they were unconscious&comma; according to federal prosecutors&period; It is clear if he quit or was recalled&period;<br>Some of the images allegedly showed Raymond nude and aroused as he held victims&&num;8217&semi; eyes open&comma; played with their limbs and put fingers in their mouths to show they were unconscious<br>The Mexican government emphasized &&num;8216&semi;its categorical rejection of any form of gender violence&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Velasco said&period;<br>Raymond has not entered a plea&period; Neither embassy nor State Department officials would comment on the case&period;<br>Raymond left Mexico in mid-June after he was questioned about the May 31 incident and his cellphones and lap top were seized&comma; according to court documents&period;<br>Raymond first came to the attention of police this past May&comma; when a naked woman was seen screaming for help from the balcony of Raymond’s apartment&period; She appeared to be extremely intoxicated&comma; couldn’t walk on her own&comma; and was taken by ambulance to the hospital&period; There&comma; doctors found &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;injuries consistent with vaginal and anal penetration&comma;” including lacerations to the woman’s rectum that were consistent with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the introduction of a hard object with blunt edges&period;”<br>The victim told investigators she had no idea that Raymond was filming her or that he had pulled down her bra&comma; exposing her breasts&period;<br>The 23 other victims were uncovered after investigators found hundreds of photos and videos&comma; according to court documents&period;<br>If convicted&comma; Raymond could face a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Polanco-neighborhood-in-Mexico-city-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367077"&sol;><figcaption>Raymond&&num;8217&semi;s apartment was in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood&period; It is one of the richest areas of Mexico City&comma; a main hub for finance and high-end commerce<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Raymond&&num;8217&semi;s apartment was in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood&period; It is one of the richest areas of Mexico City&comma; a main hub for finance and high-end commerce&period; He had been living in the high brow apartment leased by the US government since August 2018&period;<br>the suspect has worked in at least six countries over more than two decades of federal service that Raymond’s defense team called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;exemplary&period;”<br>Fluent in Spanish and Mandarin&comma; Raymond has &&num;8216&semi;led an exemplary life&&num;8217&semi; from all outward appearances&comma; according to prosecutors who implied he was able to hide in plain sight&comma; due to his chameleon type qualities&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The fact that many victims in defendant&DiacriticalAcute;s case were unaware of his behavior until they were shown the videos and photographs made while they were unconscious is evidence of his unique ability to portray a very different public face&comma;&&num;8217&semi; prosecutors said in their court filings&period;<br>Seemingly undeterred by his Mexican debacle&comma; Raymond continued to meet with women until September of this year in San Diego&comma; according to court documents&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brian-Jeffrey-Raymond-7&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367087" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"333"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Brian Jeffrey Raymond&comma; a former official of the United States Embassy in Mexico&comma; who is accused of drugging and raping over 23 women in Mexico City and Washington DC&comma; was arrested in San Diego&comma; California last October<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In one set of images&comma; a man believed to be Raymond was seen pawing at a woman&&num;8217&semi;s breast and pulling down her shorts while she was unconscious&comma; court documents state&period; <br> Raymond allegedly texted the woman the next morning&comma; writing&colon;  &&num;8216&semi;&lbrack;H&rsqb;opefully you aren&&num;8217&semi;t too hung over today&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Hey&excl;&&num;8217&semi; she wrote back&period; &&num;8216&semi;Yesterday was rough&period; I had a massive hangover&&num;8230&semi; lol&period; I had fun too&excl; We have to do it again&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The pair went on another date&comma; during which the women remembered blacking out after a few drinks and then woke up fully clothed in her bed next to Raymond&period; <br>Prosecutors said the woman was unaware that she had been sexually assaulted by Raymond until after investigators showed her the images found on his devices&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"USA v Raymond&period;pdf" class&equals;"scribd&lowbar;iframe&lowbar;embed" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;scribd&period;com&sol;embeds&sol;481651966&sol;content" data-aspect-ratio&equals;"0&period;7729220222793488" scrolling&equals;"no" id&equals;"481651966" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"930" frameborder&equals;"0" sandbox&equals;"allow-popups allow-scripts"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Case&colon; USA v Raymond<&sol;strong><br>Raymond was detained by Mexican police&comma; but returned to the U&period;S&period; the next day after claiming diplomatic immunity&period; The FBI seized Raymond’s personal and work phones&comma; which yielded the photographic evidence&period; <br>His <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;scribd&period;com&sol;document&sol;481651966&sol;USA-v-Raymond-pdf&quest;secret&lowbar;password&equals;zbuLgpEyOOY2kkeodgSt">laptop&&num;8217&semi;s online history<&sol;a> included searches for such phrases as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;passed out black girl&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;deep sleep&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ambien and alcohol and pass out&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dissolve&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;passed out and carried&period;” Raymond tried to wipe his devices of evidence&comma; the feds say&comma; but they were still able to extract much of what they needed to make their case&period;<br>Initial laboratory testing had provided conflicting accounts of the woman on the balcony’s level of intoxication the night Raymond was arrested in Mexico&period; Initial testing did not reveal the presence of any controlled substances in her system&comma; it says&period; However&comma; additional testing later conducted by the FBI revealed the presence of cocaine and methamphetamine&period;<br>Despite being under investigation&comma; Raymond continued to use dating apps to meet women from July up until his arrest in October&comma; prosecutors said&period; <br>One of the women he met during that period told investigators that she only had hazy memories of having sex with him&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are photographs and videos of three unconscious women in his bed&comma; two in late-March 2020 and one on May 30&comma; 2020&comma; at the height of the COVID crisis&comma;” stated the government’s detention memo&period; <br>The FBI believes there are more victims to be found&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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