Big News Just Dropped: Platner Now Facing Sexual Assault Allegation
Scandal-plagued Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the Senate in Maine, has now been hit with an even bigger scandal.
A woman who dated Platner is now alleging he committed sexual assault against her five years ago. Platner is denying the allegations.
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The woman, a 41-year-old Maine resident named Jenny Racicot, detailed the alleged incident to POLITICO in three interviews over the past two weeks. POLITICO also spoke with a man Racicot dated and confided in the years after the alleged incident, and reviewed documents, including emails between Racicot and her therapist and messages between Racicot and an acquaintance whom she warned against getting involved with Platner years before he ran for office.
Racicot alleges he entered her home, intoxicated, and forced himself on her.
“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” she said. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’”
Racicot had previously been one of the women who spoke to the New York Times, but says she didn't come forward on the rape claim at that moment because she didn't want to be known as a rape victim.
“One of the reasons I didn’t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,” she said. “I just want the truth out there. I just want people to have a whole scope of who he is as a person.”
Platner denied the allegations, saying they were "troubling, serious, and false."
"Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue,” he claimed.
— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) July 6, 2026
"So, regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins. Those were the goals when we launched this campaign, and they remain my goals today."
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Anytime they talk about "reflecting on the best path forward," you have to think the next move is dropping out.
Platner had already been postponing some events, including scheduled town halls in Augusta on Sunday and Gorham on Monday, which was raising questions. An event in Sanford also had its listing taken down.
The real issue for them is that the polls have been sinking fast for him because of all the other information, and the Democrats only have until July 13 to replace him on the ballot.
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So, look for another announcement coming soon; I don't think this is survivable for him. Every Democrat involved in defending him should be ashamed.
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