![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-1.jpeg\")
article <\/p>\n article <\/p>\n
HOUSTON – A Houston physician is accused of secretly recording employees inside a bathroom at his own medical office. The victims\u2019 attorney shared cellphone video of the hidden camera after staff discovered it.<\/p>\n
Authorities say local podiatrist Dr. Douglas Hansen has been arrested and charged.<\/p>\n
Doctor arrested, charged <\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Hansen is a podiatrist in Houston with an independent private practice located at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Plaza.<\/p>\n
The Harris County Pct. 5 Constable\u2019s Office says deputies responded to Hansen\u2019s office on Feb. 20 after receiving a call that a hidden camera was discovered inside a restroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 attorney says one of Hansen\u2019s employees took cellphone video after she found the device under the sink \u2013 facing the toilet \u2013 in the employee bathroom.<\/p>\n
According to the attorney, the employee alerted Memorial Hermann security and called 911.<\/p>\n
Authorities say deputies reviewed the video recorded on the device and then contacted the Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office. The district attorney\u2019s office accepted the charges, and deputies arrested Dr. Hansen the same day. He is charged with attempted invasive visual recording.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
In a statement, Memorial Hermann Health System said, “We are aware of an incident within a private physician clinic located on the Memorial City campus. The clinic operates as an independent private practice, and it is our understanding that law enforcement is investigating the matter.”<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 attorney tells me the three victims in this case are female employees and said the women are scared because there were times they have brought their children to work, and their kids used that same bathroom.<\/p>\n
The victims\u2019 attorney says her clients are mortified and want justice.<\/p>\n
The other side:<\/p>\n
We reached out to Hansen\u2019s attorney. He shared a statement saying, “At this time, the Harris County District Attorney\u2019s office has not produced any evidence substantiating the claims against Dr. Hansen. Based on the limited information available to us, there is no suggestion that inappropriate footage was taken of any person at Dr. Hansen\u2019s office and no allegation that Dr. Hansen did or attempted to do anything to harm his patients.”<\/p>\n
Investigation continues <\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Hansen had his arraignment on Feb. 27. His bond was set at $100, and he has since posted bond. Hansen is expected back in court on April 9.<\/p>\n
Deputies say they have recovered all the video from the camera. Right now, investigators are working to determine what was recorded on the device and how long the camera was in the bathroom.<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this article comes from court records, the constable’s office, and attorneys.<\/p>\n
Houston<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article HOUSTON – A Houston physician is accused of secretly recording employees inside a bathroom at his own…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-197458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}