A former CIA official has reportedly been accused of conning an aspiring operative into having sex with him under the guise of a training program to teach her how to use her body as a weapon.
Shaun Wiggins was named in the explosive new lawsuit, according to a report from the Daily Beast on Wednesday.
"A former CIA officer allegedly duped an aspiring covert operative into believing she was part of a quasi-official recruitment program for budding spies, then coerced her into repeatedly having sex with him so she could learn how to use her body 'as a weapon,'" the Daily Beast reported. "The woman claims she was told it would replicate the purported 'off limits' work every CIA officer was inevitably called on to do, and that the techniques she picked up would become a valuable part of her 'technical skillset.'"
The news report continues:
"But the 'fabricated and extended ‘training exercise’' did nothing to help the young cybersecurity specialist realize her dream of joining the agency, and instead groomed her for ongoing sexual abuse—ultimately landing her in a psychiatric facility, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Daily Beast."'
The report states that, while Wiggins is currently the co-founder and CEO of New York data analytics company Soteryx, his "corporate bio says he 'served as a Clandestine Service Officer for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, identifying and engaging key foreign national stakeholders critical to U.S. interests.'"
The woman who is suing him has chosen to remain anonymous in the litigation.
The lawsuit purportedly makes numerous specific claims about alleged misconduct.
"Wiggins, who has twice run for local office both as a Democrat and as a Conservative, allegedly told the woman, who is identified in the complaint only as 'Jane Doe,' that when she wasn’t using sex to seduce information out of enemy targets, she could use it to develop stronger connections between herself and other operatives, the complaint says. Specifically, according to the filing, Wiggins said that 'the bond between case officers on missions together was such that it wasn’t unusual to form sexual relationships with colleagues.'"
The report continues:
"Doe says she thought she had found the perfect job opportunity at Soteryx, which appeared to offer an ideal onramp to her dream career. Wiggins gained Doe’s trust, then turned it against her, assaulting her again and again over the course of what she believed was an 18-month 'extended job interview,' according to the complaint."
