An Army gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of his former patients is formally charged with allegedly recording his patients, alongside with a number of different associated fees, the Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel mentioned Tuesday.
Maj. Blaine McGraw, a doctor at Fort Hood, Texas, was charged with 54 specs or alleged cases of indecent visible recording, 5 specs of conduct unbecoming an officer, one specification of willful disobedience of a superior officer, and one of making a false assertion.
The Office of Special Trial Counsel mentioned in a information launch Tuesday that the alleged offenses span between January 1, 2025, and December 1, 2025. The case contains 44 alleged victims, the workplace mentioned.
“The majority of the alleged offenses occurred during medical examinations with female patients at [Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center],” the OSTC mentioned in its launch, referring to the medical heart on Fort Hood. “One victim, who was not a patient, was secretly video recorded at a private residence off post near Fort Hood.”
The OSTC — which exists in every navy department — was established in 2023 and is primarily chargeable for dealing with crimes corresponding to sexual assault, homicide, home violence, and extra.
McGraw was placed in pretrial confinement final Thursday “after apparently violating conditions of liberty imposed by his commander,” an Army spokesperson beforehand instructed NCS.
McGraw is going through allegations from dozens of women who say they have been victims of sexual misconduct as patients of McGraw’s. The navy has despatched out letters to roughly 3,000 former patients of McGraw from each Fort Hood and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii to be able to notify potential victims.
And whereas the costs solely relate to incidents in 2025, NCS has reported there have been complaints made in opposition to him in 2022 and 2024.
Some alleged victims who spoke to NCS mentioned they’d tried to sound the alarm on McGraw’s habits in years previous, however felt they have been brushed apart or that their complaints have been misplaced in a irritating, bureaucratic reporting course of.
Those considerations have been echoed Tuesday in a letter to the Pentagon inspector basic from Senate and House Democrats, who demanded accountability for what they referred to as an “immense failure at every level” to guard and help girls.
“[W]e request that DoD IG investigate to determine whether personnel within the Army properly followed procedures to timely report allegations of sexual misconduct to law enforcement and whether other [sexual assault prevention and response] procedures and existing protections were followed or not,” the letter despatched on Tuesday mentioned.
Officials will now set a date for a preliminary listening to, which is required earlier than the costs might be referred for trial. The preliminary listening to officer will “thoroughly review the evidence to determine if there is probable cause for each charged offense and issue a report,” which the OSTC will overview and decide if the costs ought to go to court-martial, the workplace mentioned in its information launch.