A "vote here" sign is seen on Election Day in 2025. Senate candidate Graham Platner said he is "taking time to reflect on the best path forward" Tuesday after a Maine woman said he sexually assaulted her in 2021. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
July 6 (UPI) -- A woman who once dated Senate candidate Graham Platner says that he forced her to have sex with him about five years ago.
Jenny Racicot, 41, said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner for more than two years, Politico reported. She said he was intoxicated when he entered her home in Maine one night in 2021 and assaulted her while she told him repeatedly to stop.
"I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me," she told Politico. "I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, 'This is no longer my choice.' "
Platner, a Democrat, denied the accusations Tuesday, saying any claim of non-consensual behavior is "categorically untrue" and that the allegations are "troubling, serious and false."
