A second woman has accused Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual misconduct, this time alleging he removed condoms during sex without her consent, landing roughly 24 hours after a separate rape allegation that had already sent his campaign into a tailspin and prompted leading Democratic senators to pull their endorsements.
The 41-year-old ex-girlfriend, Lyndsey Fifield, went on the record with the Washington Post, describing a pattern of deception during their relationship. Platner’s campaign called her claims “categorically false and politically motivated.” But the new accusation compounds a crisis that has left the oyster farmer’s candidacy hanging by a thread, with a hard ballot deadline of 5 p.m. on July 13 for Democrats to replace him.
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