One of Graham Platner’s ex-girlfriends alleged Tuesday that the embattled Maine Democrat repeatedly removed his condom during sex without asking permission.
“He would pull condoms off,” Lyndsey Fifield said in an interview with the Washington Post. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.”
“I confronted him both during and after [sex] because he knew that I was not on birth control and how dangerous that was,” Fifield added. “He would act like cute about it, like ‘Oh sneaky me.’”
Fifield estimated that Platner removed his condom at least six times during intercourse without consent.
Her account was corroborated by a friend, Emily Zanotti, who recalled Fifield “discovered that he had been taking off condoms in the middle of sex,”
“She was extremely angry about the situation and about what he had done,” Zanotti said.
Platner’s campaign told the outlet Fifield’s allegation was “categorically false and politically motivated.”
Fifield’s claim is the second allegation of nonconsensual sexual contact against Platner in the last two days.
On Monday, Jenny Racicot, another of Platner’s ex-girlfriends, alleged that about five years ago the Maine Senate candidate drunkenly entered her home without permission and raped her.
Platner’s support from Democrats has cratered in the aftermath of Racicot’s allegation.
The former oyster farmer is taking a break from campaigning as he weighs whether to stay in the race against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
