The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel has referred charges against a doctor accused of sexually abusing dozens of individuals over an approximate five-year period.
On Aug. 3, charges were referred against Major. Blaine McGraw, an obstetrician gynecologist who was assigned to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Ford Hood, Texas. His case includes nine total charges and 272 specifications that are alleged to have occurred on various occasions between 2021 and 2026. There are 93 total alleged victims.
His charges are as follows:
- 91 specifications of abusive sexual contact and sexual assault.
- One specification of attempted sexual assault.
- One specification of attempted subordination of perjury.
- One specification of solicitation to commit perjury.
- 66 specifications of indecent recording.
- 91 specifications of assault consummated by a battery.
- 18 specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer.
- One specification of extramarital sexual misconduct.
- One specification of willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer.
- One specification of dereliction of duty in violation of Articles 120, 120c, 128, 80, 133, 134, 90 and 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, in a statement issued Aug. 4, said that the preliminary hearing officer from McGraw’s Article 32 preliminary hearing found probable cause for the majority of the charges and specifications. The officer recommended a general court-martial.
Since the charges have been referred, the case will be assigned to a military judge who will schedule dates for the arraignment, motions, hearings and the trial.
McGraw, who remains in pretrial confinement at the Bell County Justice Center, is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Accusations Against McGraw and the Case Timeline
The case against McGraw garnered widespread attention last October when he was suspended after a patient accused him of secretly recording her during a gynecological exam, allegedly filming the individual without consent with a clandestine smartphone during a pelvic and breast exam.
That patient’s allegations were tied into a broader civil complaint in which investigators purportedly discovered thousands of photos and videos of women on McGraw’s phone. Jane Does began to step forward one by one.
By early December 2025, the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel formally preferred criminal charges against McGraw, confirming that four charges and 61 specifications were filed at the time under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
In April of this year, Military.com reported how an eighth Jane Doe filed an $8 million legal complaint against the United States Army and Department of Defense, alleging that McGraw sexually abused her during medical appointments at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
That Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) administrative complaint, which also named the Defense Health Agency, was filed by the law firm Sanford Heisler—which previously filed seven FTCA complaints in December 2025 on behalf of Jane Does 1-7.
“I think it’s important for a lot of reasons,” attorney Christine Dunn, who represents Jane Does 1-8, told Military.com at the time. “I think it’s empowering for survivors to come forward and to tell their stories. I think it’s empowering for other survivors who may not have come forward yet to see that people experienced similar victimization.
“And I think it’s powerful because it puts pressure on the Army. It lets the Army know that there are a lot of women out there who are not going to stand for this behavior and that are calling for accountability.”
In May, the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel announced that McGraw was facing a total of eight charges and 273 specifications, with 96 alleged victims publicly mentioned at the time—representing an increase from Dec. 9, 2025, when the office announced four charges and 61 specifications against McGraw.
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