Who is Jenny Racicot? Graham Platner Allegations

Jenny Racicot Biography – Jenny Racicot Wiki

Jenny Racicot is a 41-year-old Maine resident and a former romantic partner of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. Racicot told Politico that he sexually assaulted her. Platner has faced a series of controversies during his campaign including alleged unsettling behavior toward previous romantic partners, but the accusations in the Politico story amount to the most serious.

Racicot said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner, who is now the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, for more than two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.

Platner denied the allegations. He said in a statement to Politico, “These allegations are troubling, serious, and false. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”

The accusation comes after Racicot told The New York Times in June 2026 that Platner had entered her house uninvited in 2021, but declined to elaborate, other than stating that she cut off contact soon after that episode and found his behavior “reckless” and “unsettling.” She told Politico she was conflicted about sharing her full story because she agrees with Platner politically.

In a video posted to X on July 6, 2026, Platner said he and his campaign are “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.” The accusation comes a week out from Maine’s ballot deadline, which Platner’s campaign said in a statement “is not a coincidence,” also pointing to the earlier accusations of troubling behavior from past partners that came out a week before the primary election. His campaign called the allegations “coached and coordinated by out of state establishment operatives.”