{"id":1521572,"date":"2026-07-06T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=811e546abe15988780d8268ebd8b7cad"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:07:35","slug":"graham-platner-says-campaign-will-reflect-on-the-best-path-forward-after-sexual-assault-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1521572","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner says campaign will &#8216;reflect on the best path forward&#8217; after sexual assault allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/a341620af2dafef3dae4be7eed75e8bb.jpg\" alt\/><\/figure><p>(MAINE) -- Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday pushed back on an allegation of sexual assault, calling it \"categorically false,\"&nbsp;adding that he is \"taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.\"<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In a report from Politico published on Monday, Jenny Racicot, a former girlfriend, alleged that Platner, while they were dating five years ago, forced her into having sex without her consent after she had repeatedly called for him to stop.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">ABC News has not confirmed the contents of the Politico story.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MAINE) &#8212; Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday pushed back on an allegation of sexual assault, calling it &#8220;categorically false,&#8221;&nbsp;adding that he is &#8220;taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.&#8221;In a report from Politi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":1521578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-06\/ABC_BreakingNews_091224.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1502,1449],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-heads","category-abc-political-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 18:29:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-06\/ABC_BreakingNews_091224.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1521572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521577,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521572\/revisions\/1521577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1521572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1521572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1521572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}