Army gynecologist Dr. Blaine McGraw entered a not guilty plea Wednesday before military judge Col. Jorge Rivera at the Lawrence Williams Judicial Center at Fort Hood, Texas, on charges that include indecent visual recording, sexual assault, conduct unbecoming of an officer, willful disobedience of a superior officer, and making a false statement.
Army gynecologist pleads not guilty to charges involving alleged secret recordings of patients
Army gynecologist Dr. Blaine McGraw entered a not guilty plea Wednesday before military judge Col. Jorge Rivera at the Lawrence Williams Judicial Center at Fort Hood, Texas, on charges that include indecent visual recording, sexual assault, conduct unbecoming of an officer, willful disobedience of a superior officer, and making a false statement.
According to information presented in court Wednesday, McGraw now faces nine charges and 273 specifications involving 93 alleged victims, NBC affiliate KCEN of Temple reported. The specifications include 12 counts of sexual assault, 79 of attempted sexual assault, 66 of indecent recording, and 91 of assault consummated by a battery.
The Army has said the alleged conduct occurred from 2021 to 2026. The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel had previously alleged 44 victims throughout 2025. McGraw's patients included hundreds of service members and their spouses.
McGraw was charged in December after the Army Criminal Investigation Division opened an inquiry in October following a complaint from a patient at Fort Hood. Most of the accusations are related to medical exams of female patients at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, where he worked.
Fort Hood officials have said they immediately suspended McGraw and opened an investigation after receiving the complaint in October. The commander at Darnall Army Medical Center told NBC News in November that he had identified more than 1,400 of McGraw's patients to inform them of the investigation.
McGraw also worked at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii from June 2019 to June 2023. The Army notified his former patients there about the investigation and how to report complaints, according to NBC News.
NBC News reported details of allegations against McGraw, including an interview with a former patient who sued him after learning he had recorded, according to her lawsuit, 'nearly the entirety of her final appointment, including both the breast and pelvic examinations, without her knowledge or consent.' She sued anonymously under the name Jane Doe and is married to an active-duty service member.
- McGraw's defense counsel has not been quoted or identified in the source, and no defense rationale beyond the not guilty plea is provided.
- The source does not specify what evidence, if any, was presented at the Wednesday court appearance beyond the updated charge counts.
- The source does not state whether the 93 alleged victims in the current charges include, overlap with, or differ from the previously alleged 44 victims.
- The source does not provide the current status of the civil lawsuit filed by Jane Doe.
- No information is provided about McGraw's rank or length of service.
- The source does not indicate when a court-martial or further proceedings are scheduled.