An Military gynecologist in Texas is accused of secretly taking movies throughout intimate affected person exams, in keeping with a lawsuit filed on Monday.
The 13-page grievance obtained by CBS Information alleged that Military Main Blaine McGraw, an OB-GYN at Carl R. Darnall Military Medical Heart at Fort Hood in Texas, “used his place of belief to sexually exploit, manipulate, and secretly report girls beneath his care.” The lawsuit was filed within the District Court docket of Bell County beneath the pseudonym Jane Doe to guard the accuser’s id.
The plaintiff had gone to McGraw to hunt solutions for pelvic ache and considerations about her uterine well being, her attorneys wrote within the submitting.
Throughout a minimum of seven or eight appointments, after sending nurses away or not bringing one in, McGraw allegedly “groped, touched, and examined Doe in ways in which had nothing to do with therapeutic—performing invasive breast and vaginal examinations in ways in which have been pointless, humiliating, and profoundly violating, and which had nothing to do with the medical points for which she sought care,” the court docket doc stated.
Doe’s partner is an energetic responsibility service member who has been enlisted for over 20 years, in keeping with lawyer Andrew Cobos. Spouses of energetic responsibility service members are eligible to obtain well being advantages by way of their companion’s insurance coverage, and lots of of them obtain medical therapy at army services. Cobos advised CBS Information he’s representing 45 different alleged victims of McGraw moreover the plaintiff on this case.
CBS Information has reached out to McGraw’s lawyer, Daniel Conway, for remark.
The court docket doc cited one appointment on Oct. 14, 2025, the place McGraw allegedly faked a telephone name and resumed a pelvic examination of Doe whereas sliding his telephone into his breast pocket, “digicam dealing with outward and recording.”
“McGraw then resumed the examination and requested Jane Doe to take away her pants in order that he may study her pelvic space—at the same time as his telephone captured each non-public, intimate second and organ with out Jane Doe’s information. McGraw then recommended a breast examination, regardless of Jane Doe protesting that she wasn’t having any breast-related considerations. McGraw didn’t ask for consent to report—as a result of he knew she would by no means give it,” the grievance alleges.
McGraw additionally allegedly made “unsolicited, after hours” calls to her, the court docket doc stated.
In line with the grievance, Military Prison Investigation Division investigators referred to as Jane Doe on Oct. 17, telling her to come back in for an interview, throughout which the brokers knowledgeable her that McGraw “had been secretly filming a number of feminine sufferers throughout their medical appointments.” The investigators additionally confirmed her nonetheless photographs from the video McGraw allegedly took on Oct. 14 throughout her examination, the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit states investigators knowledgeable Doe that McGraw additionally had video from her ultimate appointment, together with a breast and pelvic examination, with out her information or consent. The photographs and movies, the brokers advised her, have been saved on a number of gadgets.
The grievance alleges that “the Military knew” about McGraw’s conduct at each Fort Hood and a earlier stint at Tripler Military Medical Heart in Hawaii, “but management dismissed the warnings, laughed off credible allegations, and allowed McGraw to proceed practising. By doing so, the Military gave cowl to a predator in uniform.”
The lawsuit additionally accuses the Military of “indifference” towards the complaints towards McGraw, calling its response “bureaucratic, callous, and wholly insufficient,” and claiming the army knew in regards to the allegations throughout McGraw’s time in Hawaii, which started in 2019.
“When the whistleblowing husband who uncovered Defendant McGraw’s filming sought to fulfill with Military management, he was refused conferences at each degree. He was advised to ‘ship an e mail.’ The Military’s posture was one in all indifference and avoidance, not urgency or accountability,” the grievance alleges. “The Military has made no significant effort to coordinate trauma care or counseling for Jane Doe or for the numerous different victims left in Defendant McGraw’s wake.”
The lawsuit additionally alleges, “No proactive outreach was made to sufferers” by the Military after the allegations have been made.
“To at the present time, apart from the interview initiated by prison investigators, nobody from the Military has reached out to Jane Doe or different victimized Military wives, daughters, and feminine troopers to supply help, focus on their experiences, or handle the institutional failures that allowed Defendant McGraw’s misconduct to persist unchecked,” the lawsuit states.
Fort Hood officers introduced final month that McGraw has been suspended from his place at Carl R. Darnall Military Medical Heart. In an up to date assertion despatched Monday after Jane Doe’s lawsuit was filed, the bottom stated McGraw’s suspension started Oct. 17, the identical day officers stated they obtained the primary allegation.
“Further administrative measures, which aren’t publicly releasable, have been additionally taken to make sure affected person security,” the assertion stated.
“The Division of the Military Prison Investigation Division (CID) started an investigation inside hours into the previous medical supplier. The investigation is ongoing,” it added.
The medical heart has additionally despatched official notification letters to all of McGraw’s sufferers, the assertion stated.
“Along with the prison investigation from Military CID, a number of extra investigations are underway to look at all sides of the problem, together with techniques, medical processes, insurance policies, and different areas,” the bottom stated. “These investigations are meant to make sure that the rigorous requirements in place have been adopted.”
