New York Times Publishes Allegations of Emotional and Physical Abuse Against Democratic Senate Candidate Graham Platner

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. The paper reviewed texts, social media messages, and diary entries.

Lyndsey Fifield, a 40-year-old conservative activist, dated Platner on and off for roughly two years starting in 2013. She provided detailed diary entries, texts, and corroborating sources to back up her claims. " Fifield said Platner would drink and get rough with her in ways that frightened her.

She said he regularly grabbed her shoulders hard enough to leave marks. She said he once yanked her from a cab by the wrist. " "It hurt," Fifield said. " Fifield said Platner kept an AR-15 in his Capitol Hill apartment.

She said he regularly sharpened an ax while watching television. She said he possessed what he called a "warrior ethos" and would fantasize aloud about killing people he considered threats. " A Platner campaign official did not dispute the remarks about raping intruders when asked directly.

The New York Times report stated that Platner had overlapping relationships and maintained a pattern of heavy drinking, serial infidelity, emotional abuse, and physical intimidation across more than a decade. Three women who dated Platner at different points described their relationships as volatile, toxic, and physically threatening.

Two other women who dated Platner and spoke to the New York Times are Democrats.

Fifield said Platner told her the name of his tattoo was "my Totenkopf" and would joke about it being a Nazi tattoo. C. for a private meeting with Democratic senators on June 3, 2026.

In that meeting, Platner assured Democratic senators that nothing else damaging lurked in his past and predicted his opponents would lie about him.