A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies.
The alleged assault was first reported by Politico.
In an interview with CNN, Jenny Racicot, 41, said the attack occurred in the Maine town where she lived in 2021, two years after she and Platner began casually dating. The interview will be broadcast on The Lead with Jake Tapper.
Racicot said one night in November or December 2021, Platner showed up drunk at her house after she asked him not to come and then forcibly had sex with her despite her repeated demands that he stop – at one point knocking over a sewing cabinet, which inadvertently left a needle stuck in her leg. When she confronted him the next morning, he said he did not remember what had happened, Racicot said.
9 Comments
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 8 pts · 55d
Why are only progressives accountable for their actions?
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 55d
I came here to post this, I have defended Platner in the past, but these seem very credible.
The timing pisses me off, but that doesn't make the allegations true or untrue.
also see https://zeteo.com/p/graham-platner-accused-sexual-assault
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 55d
What's Stephen King up to? Maybe he's up for a little government work.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 55d
Guy definitely doesn't have some sexual or drug skeletons in his closet.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 55d
He's cooked and it sounds like he should be
trebor8201@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 55d
Watch the GOP suddenly take sexual assault allegations seriously now.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
this is why it's important to file police reports.
not that her story is unbelievable, but with a clear lack of evidence it's impossible to trust her.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 55d
Didn't he have a fucking nazi tattoo? Covered by a nazi tattoo? Lmao god damn leftists don't play yourselves like the libs.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 54d
Can't wait for all the people who would yell at you for not trusting a Blackwater mercenary saying what you want to hear to pretend they always knew he was up to no good.