A Córdoba judge reportedly reversed an earlier acquittal on October 21, 2026, and sanctioned a gynecologist who wore camera-capable Ray-Ban Meta glasses during a patient consultation without telling her. Infobae reported that the judge did not find that the glasses were activated or that images were captured. The reported penalty was a fine of $900,000 and a gender-education course.
Wearing camera-capable glasses and proving that they recorded someone are separate findings.
What the Córdoba judge reportedly decided
Infobae identified the judge as José Milton Peralta and the gynecologist as F.B. The ruling reportedly reversed an earlier acquittal by the Unidad Contravencional de Género. Infobae said the course was to take place at the Centro Integral de Varones in Córdoba province.
The consultation took place on February 26, 2026, and concerned fertility preservation; it included a transvaginal ultrasound, according to Infobae. The report says the judge found that F.B. wore the glasses without informing the patient. It also says the judge cited Argentina’s Patient Rights Law and the Asociación Médica Argentina Code of Ethics, and treated the imbalance in a doctor-patient relationship during an intimate examination as a gender-related aggravating factor.
What was established about the glasses and the other allegations
The reported finding concerned wearing the camera-capable glasses without notifying the patient. Infobae said the judge did not find that the glasses had been activated or that they had captured images. The patient’s allegation of inappropriate physical contact was also not established for lack of sufficient evidence.
Infobae reported separately that the judge considered remarks the patient attributed to F.B. proven and regarded them as infantilizing and disqualifying.
The physician’s reported explanation
The local TV outlet eldoce reported that F.B. acknowledged wearing the glasses and claimed their recording functions were disabled. That was his reported explanation; the court’s reported findings about activation and image capture remained that they were not proven.
