{"id":1975,"date":"2026-06-05T04:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:05:32","slug":"platner-denies-hurting-ex-girlfriend-and-says-he-will-not-quit-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1975","title":{"rendered":"Platner denies hurting ex-girlfriend and says he will not quit Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, appeared Thursday night in his first interview since a New York Times report about his treatment of several women he had dated, denying one woman\u2019s account that he had physically harmed her and saying he would not drop out of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a nearly 25-minute appearance on MS Now\u2019s \u201cAll In With Chris Hayes,\u201d Platner said he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d take responsibility for elements of his personal history. He described a history of self-medicating, and a pattern of \u201cnot exactly acting with the best behavior\u201d after his service in the military.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he reiterated that any allegations that he had behaved violently toward a girlfriend were \u201csimply not true.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIn this piece, there\u2019s a lot about my struggling, not being a good boyfriend, certainly self-medicating with alcohol,\u201d Platner said. \u201cAnd I have been very upfront since the beginning of this campaign that that was a pretty dark period of my life after I came back from my combat service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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