Graham Platner considering ‘best path forward’ in the Maine Senate race after denying sexual assault allegation

Jenny Racicot, who once dated Platner, said he showed up at her home in 2021 and forced himself on her. Platner said the allegation is “categorically false.”

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is denying a new allegation of sexual assault, an explosive development injecting tumult into a race that is central to the Democratic Party’s path to winning back the Senate.

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Despite the denial, Platner said in a video that he is taking “time to reflect on the best path forward” with his candidacy, while several prominent supporters revoked their endorsements.

On Monday, Politico reported that a former girlfriend of Platner, Jenny Racicot, 41, of Maine, is alleging that in 2021, Platner showed up at her home unannounced and drunk. She told the publication that Platner had forced himself on her.