Daniel Conway, an attorney for McGraw, said in a statement that the doctor has been “fully cooperative with the investigation.”<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve expressed to the government our concern that plaintiffs attorneys are holding press conferences citing inaccurate information apparently learned from government sources,” Conway added. “At this point it\u2019s best to let the investigation complete before we comment.”<\/p>\n
The Army referred to the statement released by Fort Hood, which was posted to its website<\/a> Oct. 28. <\/p>\n It said the CID launched an investigation \u201cwithin hours of a patient\u2019s allegations against this former medical provider.\u201d Fort Hood officials are contacting all of the doctor\u2019s patients and providing them with the number for a dedicated call center to answer any questions, the statement added.<\/p>\n In a subsequent statement provided to NBC News after this story was published, Fort Hood said the doctor was suspended on Oct. 17, the same day it learned of a patient\u2019s allegations, and \u201cleadership met with the patient personally.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to the criminal investigation from Army CID, multiple additional investigations are underway to examine all facets of the issue, including systems, clinical processes, policies, and other areas,\u201d the statement added. \u201cThese investigations are intended to ensure that the rigorous standards in place were followed.\u201d<\/p>\n Cobos said he\u2019s also planning to file a federal claim against the Army. <\/p>\n \u201cMajor Blaine McGraw used his uniform and his position as an Army doctor to prey on the very women who trusted him for care,\u201d Cobos said in a statement. \u201cThe Army received repeated warnings and still chose to protect its reputation instead of the safety of its service members, their wives, and their daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time the Army, or officials at Fort Hood, have been accused of ignoring or downplaying reports of sexual harassment or misconduct. <\/p>\n One of the most high-profile recent cases involved an Army specialist based at Fort Hood named Vanessa Guill\u00e9n.<\/a> After she was killed by a fellow soldier in 2020, an Army report<\/a> found that the 20-year-old soldier had been sexually harassed by a supervisor but unit leadership took no action. <\/p>\n Previous complaints<\/p>\n Before he began practicing at the Texas base, McGraw treated patients at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii beginning in 2019, according to the lawsuit. One of his female patients there filed a complaint alleging that he had secretly recorded her pelvic examination on his cellphone, the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n \u201cRather than investigate or remove him from patient care, McGraw\u2019s chain of command dismissed the complaint, laughed it off, and allowed him to continue practicing medicine,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n It accuses McGraw of preying on his patients in various ways. In one case, McGraw induced the labor of a pregnant patient \u201cagainst her wishes,\u201d the lawsuit says. In another, he told a patient during an examination that her \u201cvagina looks pretty,\u201d touched her sexual organs for no medical reason and made sexually suggestive remarks, according to the lawsuit. He referred to that patient\u2019s clitoris, for instance, as her \u201chappy spot,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n The allegations represent the \u201ctip of the iceberg in a widening scandal that has left scores of military wives and daughters violated, voiceless and searching for answers,\u201d the lawsuit says. <\/p>\n Before she met with CID investigators, the military spouse said in her lawsuit, she had been seen by McGraw about seven to eight times. She went to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, where he practiced, for treatment of pelvic pain, hormone irregularities and concerns about uterine health, the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n After one procedure performed under sedation, McGraw made a comment about seeing all of her tattoos, which existed on parts of her body that he had no reason to look at, according to the lawsuit. 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