Graham Platner Admits to Sexting Women ‘Soon’ after Getting Married, Blasts ‘Politically Motivated’ Allegations He Manhandled Ex-Girlfriend

Embattled Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner admitted Thursday to sexting other women shortly after marrying his wife, but denied allegations he abused an ex-girlfriend – calling her claim “politically motivated.”

“At the beginning of our marriage, I made mistakes,” Platner said in his first major interview since the Wall Street Journal reported that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with as many as a dozen women since his 2023 marriage to Amy Gertner.

“It stopped when it was happening,” Platner said during his appearance on MS NOW’s “All in with Chris Hayes.”

The former oyster farmer and Marine veteran claimed he started sexting other women “soon after we got married,” noting he and his wife “dealt with it very, very early in our relationship, and so that’s when it stopped.”

Platner, who is running to unseat Maine’s longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, found himself embroiled in yet another scandal ahead of the interview, after the New York Times detailed accounts from his ex-girlfriends, who recalled his alleged abusive behavior and a hatred of women. (Read more from “Graham Platner Admits to Sexting Women ‘Soon’ after Getting Married, Blasts ‘Politically Motivated’ Allegations He Manhandled Ex-Girlfriend” HERE)