Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner hit with second sex allegation

Embattled U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner faces a second explosive allegation of sexual impropriety just 24 hours after he was accused of rape — all while a key campaign decision deadline looms.

In a new report published by The Washington Post, the candidate from Maine was accused of removing condoms with his ex-girlfriend Lyndsey Fifield after explicitly instructing her to wear them during sexual intercourse.

“He would take the condoms off.” he told the Washington Post. “He would do it on the sly. He wouldn’t tell me.”

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Fifield, 41, has previously accused Platner of physical abuse during their relationship, saying he sometimes grabbed her hard enough to leave marks on her body and once pushed her into a bedroom with his arm around her back and kept the door closed until she “calmed down.”

These concerns were largely dismissed by Platner’s supporters, who characterized Fifield, who once worked at The Heritage Foundation, as a conservative operative.

“I confronted him both during and after [sex] Because he knew I wasn’t using birth control and how dangerous it was,” Fifield told The Post, adding that Fifield had made these allegations in a previous interview, but that they were strictly off the record.

Graham Platner addresses the crowd at his watch party after winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate at the YMCA on June 9, 2026 in Blue Hill, Maine. Platner, who has faced criticism for his history of getting Nazi tattoos, among other transgressions, will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the election for the seat. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

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“He would act cute about it, like, ‘Oh sneaky me,'” she said, according to the report.

Fifield’s latest allegations are “categorically false and politically motivated,” the Platner campaign said in a statement to The Washington Post.

Platner is running to unseat Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins.

An oyster farmer whose campaign has been dogged by scandals since last year was accused of rape by another woman on Monday.

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo, an image previously considered a Nazi symbol, during an interview in Portland, Me., on Wednesday. (WGME via AP)

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Jenny Racicot, 41, told POLITICO that Platner drunkenly broke into her home and raped her during their on-again, off-again romantic relationship in 2021. She claimed he ejaculated inside her after repeatedly telling her to stop.

“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful with me,” Racicot said at the press conference, which she said took place while Platner was “almost blackout drunk” in Washington, D.C. “I remember the moment when I thought to myself, ‘This is not my choice anymore.'”

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine speaks during a campaign event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6859 on May 17, 2026 in Portland, Maine. During the event, Veterans Affairs Leadership received endorsements and hosted a veterans town hall to answer questions and discuss ending the war in Iran. Platner is expected to be the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for the Senate seat in the general election. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Platner also categorically denied these allegations in a video released immediately after the POLITICO story was published.

He said his campaign is taking time to consider possible next steps because the race has an important deadline looming.

If another Democratic candidate to be chosen by the party is replaced before the November general election, Platner must withdraw from the race by 17:00 on Monday, July 13.

From Monday evening to Tuesday, a group of previous supporters withdrew their support for Platner and called for him to withdraw from the race; among them progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are two of his most ardent supporters.

“Now more than ever, we need leaders in Washington who reflect our values. There can be no tolerance for sexual assault,” Warren said in a statement Monday night. he said.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks at a hearing on Thursday, February 5, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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“Working families are counting on Democrats to win Maine’s Senate election to get our economy back on track and hold Donald Trump accountable. With so much at stake, the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside as the Democratic nominee and address these serious allegations outside the Senate race.”

“I spoke with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine,” Sanders said in a statement at noon Tuesday. “In light of these very serious allegations, I suggested he step aside.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, arrives in Washington, DC, USA for his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Platner’s campaign for comment.

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.