An eighth Jane Doe has filed an $8 million legal complaint against the United States Army and Department of Defense, alleging that former Dr. Blaine McGraw sexually abused her during medical appointments at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) administrative complaint, which also names the Defense Health Agency, was filed Tuesday by the law firm Sanford Heisler—which previously filed seven FTCA complaints in December 2025 on behalf of Jane Does 1-7, whose complaints allege they were also sexually abused by McGraw at Tripler Medical Center and Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas.
Tort claims under federal statute permits individuals to bring legal challenges against federal agencies, with an administrative complaint first being filed against an agency allegedly at fault. After a six-month period afforded to an agency to investigate, a litigant can then file suit in federal court.
“[McGraw] clearly had an M.O.,” attorney Christine Dunn, who is representing Jane Doe 8, told Military.com. “He engaged in unnecessary medical exams that really rose to the level of sexual abuse, and I think that’s evident in some of the claims we filed in December.
“It’s evident in the one we filed today, where he did gratuitous multiple breast exams, those kinds of things. There are a lot of similarities, which is not surprising.”
Military.com reached out to the Army and DOD for comment. A DOD spokesperson deferred comment to the Army.
McGraw’s Many Charges
Military.com previously reported that Maj. McGraw is currently facing numerous criminal charges for secretly recording dozens of female patients in the military medical system.
On Dec. 9, 2025, the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) announced that it had preferred four charges and 61 specifications against the obstetrician gynecologist who was assigned to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center located in Fort Hood.
McGraw is charged with 54 specifications for indecent visual recording, five specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer, one specification of willful disobedience of a superior officer, and one specification of making a false official statement in violation of multiple articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The Army previously stated that leaders suspended McGraw and began investigating him “within hours” after receiving a patient complaint in October 2025. He was serving as an OBGYN at Darnall Medical Center at the time of his arrest.
Complaint: McGraw ‘Caused Great Distress’
A redacted seven-page complaint obtained by Military.com states that Jane Doe 8 began seeing McGraw at Triper Medical Center as she was seeking to establish a relationship with a new obstetrician-gynecologist (OBG-YN).
The redacted complaint does not show the number of times they met, though notes how not all of Jane Doe’s visits were documented in Genesis, the patient portal.
The complaint alleges that McGraw “performed unnecessary medical exams on me,” including breast and abdominal exams at multiple appointments when “there was especially no medical reason for so many breast exams.”
McGraw purportedly never asked Jane Doe if she preferred a chaperone during visits, and he allegedly remained in the small room with her as she undressed.
At every visit, Dr. McGraw placed his hand on my upper thigh and left it there. This seemed medically unnecessary and caused me great distress.
She added that in the middle of her appointments, McGraw allegedly answered text messages and phone calls, which she found “inappropriate” and increasingly concerned her that “he videotaped me during these visits without my consent.”
He also allegedly commented on her breasts, mentioning “how good” they looked.
“His comments struck me as sexual in nature rather than medical, and made me feel exposed, objectified and unsafe in what should have been a professional, medical setting,” the complaint says.
Army Ignored ‘Red Flags’
Dunn said she expects more victims of McGraw to come forward due to the number of patients he had combined with the fortitude of the eight women who so far have filed complaints.
When asked about the Army’s culpability and whether they did their due diligence when all of McGraw’s purported nefarious activities took place, Dunn said “there were warning signs along the way” and referenced recent media reports alleging such behavior at Tripler.
Had the Army listened to these red flags along the way, there would not be this many victims.
Other questions the Army is being asked to answer include how much it knew, when it knew it, and why it took so long and so many victims until McGraw was relieved of his duties and later criminally charged.
Dunn said just knowing should have been “bad enough,” but having actual knowledge of what occurred and looking the other way would rise to something “really problematic.” The complaints speak for themselves, she added.
“I think it’s important for a lot of reasons,” Dunn said. “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.”
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