Dozens gather at Vanessa Guillen gate to stand with survivors of Mjr. Blaine McGraw

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The Cobos Law Firm held a news conference after the arrest of Major Blaine McGraw, accused of recording dozens of women in their OBGYN appointments.

The lead attorney calling it “the biggest sexual assault case in the history of the US Army.”

Dozens of people gathered at the Vanessa Guillen gate to stand with survivors of McGraw.

There, the League of United American Latin American Citizens, the law firm representing the survivors and even some survivors themselves, spoke up about the injustice.

“I wanted the Army to know that we’re here and we won’t be quiet anymore. We demand justice, we demand change, and accountability,” one Jane Doe said to the crowd.

Andrew Cobos is representing more than 80 women who were patients of McGraw and setting up in front of Vanessa Guillen’s gate is allegorical.

“This is an important symbol of the sexual tolerance that has become associated with Fort Hood,” Cobos says. “That gate is shut. That gate is closed. It’s not open for business, the Vanessa Guillen gate. So the way the Army has dealt with sexual assault in the past is to slap a name on a gate, dedicate a memorial.”

The national attention, Cobos says, lights a fire under the Army.

“We also recognize that this is a national story and that the public has interest in it. This is a vehicle for the Army to investigate itself and to institute the right reforms,” he says.

Noting what needs to change, starting with the chaperone policy.

“I think one thing that needs to change is that there should be chaperones in every OBGYN examination that involves sexual touching or a sexual nature,” he notes.

AnaLuisa Carrillo-Tapia is the director for LULAC in this area. The formal charges, she says, is only the start of the journey to justice.

“I’ll tell you it’s not joyous information but it is a breath of relief,” she says.

Carrillo-Tapia knows there’s more survivors that have yet to come forward but are hurting just the same.

“I’m going to tell you there’s more than 44 victims, obviously. But out of those 44 patients, you can multiply that into the family members, the servicemember married to them, the community itself,” she explains.

Cobos says they anticipate more charges will be added as they imagine this is a years long heinous effort on McGraw’s part.

“My understanding is that the Army has not filed their comprehensive set of charges. This only goes back to the beginning of 2025,” Cobos said.

But as the ball gets set in motion, LULAC is standing by the survivors, every step of the way.

“We’re against injustice. We’re against the deaf ear. We’re against the shrugging of responsibility,” Carrillo-Tapia says.

Cobos says that they need more than the community but that our lawmakers should be overly involved in this, too.

“Join that fight. Now is not the time for Senators, Representatives, any elected official, to be on the sidelines.”

And for one Jane Doe, she had this to say to the man who tried to break her.

“Shame on you. Shame on you for breaking our trust. Shame on you for acting like you cared.”

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