Fifield, 41, is the second woman to allege this week that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Jenny Racicot, 41, who said she previously dated Platner, told The Post and other outlets on Monday that he sexually assaulted her in late 2021, leading a growing number of allies to drop their endorsements and call on him to withdraw from the race for a Maine seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), his most influential and prominent supporter, said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to withdraw from his campaign to unseat Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican.
Platner, 41, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, also denied Racicot’s allegation but said on Monday that he was “mindful of the political reality” that the reporting will “inflict” on his campaign and was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.”
Fifield initially told The Post about the alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record. She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent.
you don’t get brighter red flag than nazi tattoos.
I wouldn’t have even known it was a nazi tattoo, and neither did Platner when he got it while deployed as a 20-year-old dumb marine. Enough with this AIPAC-peddled bullshit.
he wasn’t a stupid 20 years old, he was happy to become a mercenary, and openly reminisces about being a mercenary.
And being a stupid 20 year old and ending with a nazi is an OK excuse, but the you do tattoo removal or cover up. keeping it after being informed that it is a nazi symbol is a statement.
DNC propping up a nazi mercenary it’s unacceptable.
we need antizionist politicians, but we don’t need Nazis
Do you think his on again off again girlfriend would have known as much about Nazi tattoos as the former mercenary?
Stop victim blaming in here. I, for one, agree with you he was never a good candidate. Let’s cast blame where it belongs - on Platner.
she was OK with him being a mercenary,
at some point, if i were to run naked on a clearly marked and fenced minefield, I cannot really blame other people for my stupidity.
He sexually assaulted her.
that was before or after he was a mercenary with nazi tattoos?
that’s bad, but I have the right to be pissed that “nazi mercenary that killed people that looked like me” is a respectable profession in the US. just as long as they don’t hurt white women
I already told you that I agree with you as far as him not being a good candidate based on his past war crimes, but I can’t continue a conversation where you’re going to victim blame like this. It’s disgusting.
After WW2 we had a different opinion about women who slept with nazis.
she isn’t innocent.
She’s still a victim, but not innocent.
Citation needed. What are you talking about, “mercenary”? A driver?
In fact, if I recall he actively regrets the actions of Iraq and Afghanistan. People can’t change?
Sad thing is he’s still better than Collins. We need people advocating for progressive values; not just anti-zionists btw. Don’t get tunnel-vision!
I am pissed that “Nazi mercenary that killed people that looked like me” is shoved under the rug and cunts online still make excuses like “People can change”
but removing a condom while having sex with someone who sleeps with nazi mercenaries is suddenly a career ender.
Don’t get me wrong, it should be a carrer ender. but the first one should be more of a “straight to jail, you have bo place in any human society”, But killing people that look like me is acceptable.
He signed up for several tours as a private mercenary for hire in Afghanistan.
Clearly he hasn’t changed as much as he claimed.
6 months as a driver for a US Diplomat for the State Department. Hardly a hardened killer, lol.
Oh well, I guess it’s all moot now. Susan Collins gets in, which is somehow even worse.
He’s openly spoken about the war crimes he committed when he was there and claimed to have regretted it and repented.
Y’all wanted to elect him to the Senate despite the Nazi tattoo, but you want to dog this woman for having an on and off again relationship with him?
She still didn’t deserve to be sexually assaulted. He was the one to remove the condoms.
I was in disbelief how the whole establishment was like “Please,. vote for this nazi mercenary”
like how low the bar can get?
How about you stop blaming his victims when they’re coming forward to inform the public about who Platner really is before getting elected.
I’m mostly frustrated that killing brown people for money is acceptable profession in the US, but they draw the line at hurting a woman who’s OK with nazi mercenaries.
In the US, brown lives don’t matter. And this shows it.
You’d rather his victims stay silent and allow him to be elected?
I’d rather Nazis mercenaries that kill people that look like me wasn’t brushed under the rug.
Me too, but attacking other victims isn’t gaining you allies here.
After WW2 we had a different opinion about women who slept with nazis.