Graham Platner’s political free fall just got steeper.
Barely a day after another woman accused the Maine Democratic Senate nominee of rape, a former girlfriend has come forward with a fresh allegation — accusing Platner of secretly removing condoms during sex after she explicitly told him to keep them on.
“He would pull condoms off,” Lyndsey Fifield told The Washington Post. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.”
Fifield, 41, said she confronted Platner repeatedly because he knew she wasn’t on birth control.
“I confronted him both during and after [sex] because he knew that I was not on birth control and how dangerous that was,” she told the newspaper.
“He would act, like, cute about it, like, ‘Oh sneaky me.’”
The allegation is the latest blow to a campaign already teetering on the brink.
Fifield had previously accused Platner of physically rough behavior during their relationship, alleging he sometimes grabbed her hard enough to leave marks and, during one confrontation, twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed until she “calmed down.”
At the time, many of Platner’s allies brushed aside those claims, noting Fifield previously worked at The Heritage Foundation and portraying her as a conservative political opponent.
This time, Platner’s campaign offered an unequivocal denial.
“The allegations are categorically false and politically motivated,” the campaign told The Washington Post.
The new accusation lands just as Platner is fighting to survive an even more damaging allegation.
On Monday, Maine resident Jenny Racicot alleged Platner entered her home while intoxicated in 2021 and raped her after she repeatedly told him to stop. Platner has denied that allegation as well.
The dual accusations have triggered a stampede away from the Democratic nominee. Party leaders, elected officials and former allies have spent the past two days urging Platner to suspend his campaign, leaving his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins hanging by a thread.
With another damaging allegation now on the record and a major campaign decision deadline fast approaching, the question surrounding Platner’s candidacy is no longer whether the controversy is growing — but whether there’s any campaign left to save.
Platner must withdraw from the race by 5 p.m. July 13 if another Democratic candidate, who would be chosen by the party, is to replace him before the November general election.
More over at The Washington Post:
Exclusive: An ex-girlfriend of Senate candidate Graham Platner told The Post that he repeatedly removed protection without her consent during sex.
Lyndsey Fifield is the second woman this week to allege that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct.…
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 7, 2026
