Platner aide hit with brutal timeline check after campaign denied rape claim, then folded days later

A political adviser to Graham Platner’s Senate campaign stated the team advised him to suspend his candidacy immediately upon learning of a rape allegation, but the campaign publicly denied the claim when asked by CNN on July 6 before Platner suspended his run two days later. The accuser, Jenny Racicot, alleged Platner raped her in 2021, which he denied as false and politically motivated.