{"id":340085,"date":"2025-12-10T01:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340085\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T01:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:33:14","slug":"fort-hood-doctor-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-charged-with-secretly-recording-his-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340085\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hood doctor accused of sexual misconduct charged with secretly recording his patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz79c8q000x27p87pvqf662@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An Army gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of his former patients is officially charged with allegedly recording his patients, along with several other related charges, the Army\u2019s Office of Special Trial Counsel said Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000d356n4jv47y7p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Maj. Blaine McGraw, a doctor at Fort Hood, Texas, was charged with 54 specifications or alleged instances of indecent visual recording, five specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer, one specification of willful disobedience of a superior officer, and one of making a false statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000e356nxv94ug9y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Office of Special Trial Counsel said in a news release Tuesday that the alleged offenses span between January 1, 2025, and December 1, 2025. The case includes 44 alleged victims, the office said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000f356n01kvz4h5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe majority of the alleged offenses occurred during medical examinations with female patients at [Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center],\u201d the OSTC said in its release, referring to the medical center on Fort Hood. \u201cOne victim, who was not a patient, was secretly video recorded at a private residence off post near Fort Hood.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000g356n69tm2sow@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The OSTC \u2014 which exists in each military branch \u2014 was established in 2023 and is primarily responsible for handling crimes such as sexual assault, murder, domestic violence, and more.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000h356nb8fh45a3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            McGraw was <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2025%2F12%2F04%2Fpolitics%2Ffort-hood-obgyn-sexual-misconduct-jail-army-investigation&amp;data=05%7C02%7CZach.Biggs%40cnn.com%7C348fb5648d274fc3037708de37735bcc%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C639009165752623750%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YTCN5i3zesi5tJZVF9nSDO7rIUKSySKcGU7yOMZMre0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">placed in pretrial confinement<\/a> last Thursday \u201cafter apparently violating conditions of liberty imposed by his commander,\u201d an Army spokesperson previously told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000i356nbbl2ftud@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            McGraw is facing allegations <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F11%2F21%2Fpolitics%2Farmy-investigation-gynecologist-sexual-misconduct&amp;data=05%7C02%7CZach.Biggs%40cnn.com%7C348fb5648d274fc3037708de37735bcc%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C639009165752648717%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0w0YpQIz53WF%2BtAd3JZvHNw2cPHl6fx3Kx1qc0pqB6U%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">from dozens of women<\/a> who say they were victims of sexual misconduct as patients of McGraw\u2019s. The military has sent out letters to roughly 3,000 former patients of McGraw from both Fort Hood and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii in order to notify potential victims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000j356n1mtac2sh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And while the charges only relate to incidents in 2025, CNN has reported there were complaints made against him in 2022 and 2024.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000k356nh6qcqojd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some alleged victims who spoke to CNN said they\u2019d tried to sound the alarm on McGraw\u2019s behavior in years past, but felt they were brushed aside or that their complaints were lost in a frustrating, bureaucratic reporting process.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000l356n3wt3irxx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Those concerns were echoed Tuesday in a letter to the Pentagon inspector general from Senate and House Democrats, who demanded accountability for what they called an \u201cimmense failure at every level\u201d to protect and support women.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000m356ncmfal2s2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201c[W]e request that DoD IG investigate to determine whether personnel within the Army properly followed procedures to timely report allegations of sexual misconduct to law enforcement and whether other [sexual assault prevention and response] procedures and existing protections were followed or not,\u201d the letter sent on Tuesday said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmiz7jn6i000n356ndckoep2c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officials will now set a date for a preliminary hearing, which is required before the charges can be referred for trial. The preliminary hearing officer will \u201cthoroughly review the evidence to determine if there is probable cause for each charged offense and issue a report,\u201d which the OSTC will review and determine if the charges should go to court-martial, the office said in its news release.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Army gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of his former patients is officially charged with allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-340085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}