An Army gynecologist who has been accused of secretly recording patients has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
On Wednesday, he appeared before a military judge, Col. Jorge Rivera, at the Lawrence Williams Judicial Center at Fort Hood, Texas.
Dr. Blaine McGraw was suspended from his role at Fort Hood in October 2025 after a patient accused him of secretly recording her during a gynecological exam, allegedly filming the individual without consent with a secret smartphone during a pelvic and breast exam.
That patient’s allegations were tied into what eventually unfolded into a broader civil complaint wherein investigators purportedly discovered thousands of photos and videos of women on McGraw’s phone.
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.
As of now, he is charged with nine charges and 273 specifications involving 93 alleged victims from 2021 to 2026. These charges include indecent visual recording, conduct unbecoming of an officer, willful disobedience of a superior officer and making a false statement.
The specifications include 12 of sexual assault, 79 of attempted sexual assault, 66 of indecent recording and 91 of assault consummated by battery.
Lawmakers Work to Stop Sexual Abuse
The charges come as lawmakers work behind the scenes to combat sexual abuse and associated crimes in the military.
The Military Sexual Trauma Accountability Act, introduced in June by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and John Kennedy (R-La.), would permit military service members and veterans to bring civil claims against the nation for negligence that contributed to military sexual trauma over the course of their service.
“In recent years, Congress has taken meaningful steps to help empower service members to report instances of sexual assault and harassment,” Shaheen said in a statement. “But in order to build on that progress and root out the negligence that has allowed for sexual harassment and assault to thrive in our military, survivors must be able to pursue every possible avenue for legal recourse.
In April, 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.
McGraw, who remains in pretrial confinement at the Bell County Justice Center, is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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