Overview
- Houston attorney Tony Buzbee filed the suit against Memorial Hermann The Woodlands and former manager Robert Shrader on behalf of five employees and thousands of restroom users, seeking about $100 million for invasion of privacy.
- Maintenance workers discovered a hidden camera on Aug. 22, and investigators say a memory card contained footage of Shrader installing the device.
- Authorities report recovering more than 300 images and videos from multiple cameras and identifying at least seven victims from the recordings.
- Court filings and police reports cite devices found in a second-floor restroom across from labor and delivery and a third-floor restroom in the medical-surgical unit, with SD cards also recovered from Shrader’s desk.
- Shrader is charged with seven counts of invasive visual recording and is out on bond; the hospital says the conduct was outside his employment and will vigorously defend itself, while his attorney says he has not reviewed the evidence.