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Grant Platner weighs dropping out after former girlfriend alleges rape
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Dems ABANDON Platner After Devastating SA Allegations
"I remember specifically him, like, grabbing at my chest and I, like, hit his hand and I said, don't touch me. And I remember that during the altercation. Specifically, he kept going. Yeah, and it was this weird mix of like coming in and out of— I don't think consciousness is the word, but like coming to and kind of falling back into that drunken, I don't know what I'm doing state. Um, and yeah, and he just, he would apologize in those moments and then go back to doing what he was doing."
Jenny Rassacourt, a former on-and-off girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Grant Platner, publicly accused him of rape in a CNN interview and Politico story, alleging he forced himself on her while heavily intoxicated despite her repeated refusals approximately five years ago. Platner denied the allegations but announced he is evaluating the future of his campaign due to the political impact, prompting major Democratic figures including Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ro Khanna to withdraw support and demand he drop out. The allegation is corroborated by a 2023 Facebook message to a friend in which Rassacourt warned that Platner "doesn't listen to you when drunk," predating his political campaign.
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