{"id":2611318,"date":"2026-06-05T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platners-ex-girlfriend-accuses-nyt-of-sanitizing-her-abuse-claims-after-interview-this-really-was-a-set-up\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:15:18","slug":"platners-ex-girlfriend-accuses-nyt-of-sanitizing-her-abuse-claims-after-interview-this-really-was-a-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platners-ex-girlfriend-accuses-nyt-of-sanitizing-her-abuse-claims-after-interview-this-really-was-a-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Platner&#8217;s Ex-Girlfriend Accuses NYT of Sanitizing Her Abuse Claims After Interview: &#8216;This Really Was a Set Up&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplatners-ex-girlfriend-accuses-nyt-of-sanitizing-her-abuse-claims-after-interview-this-really-was-a-set-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of maine from 2013 to 2015, says she originally believed she and other alleged victims could \u201ctell it all\u201d in a New York Times report about platner\u2019s alleged abuse- but she felt the story was weakened, delayed, and refashioned in a way that benefited his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>She claims platner was physically and coercively abusive during their relationship, including an incident where she says he twisted her arm, forced her into a bedroom, and kept the door closed so she couldn\u2019t leave. She also alleges he made troubling remarks about violence and displayed a Nazi SS tattoo before it became an issue in his Senate run. After the NYT piece was published,she posted that the article appeared to focus disproportionately on her,included details she said were unnecessary,and didn\u2019t include the other women\u2019s accounts as she expected. she criticized the paper for not using materials she said could corroborate her claims, and for omitting that she had confided in multiple friends long before his campaign began.<\/p>\n<p>Fifield says the Times reporters told her there were other women who were afraid to speak and promised they would protect and help them. She says the reporters connected her with two other alleged victims and that she insisted they trusted the journalists despite misgivings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Lyndsey Fifield talked to The New York Times about the years she dated Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine, she wanted to tell it all. It did not turn out that way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported that Platner \u201cregularly grabbed her by the shoulders \u2014 sometimes hard enough to leave marks \u2014 and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fifield dated Platner between 2013 and 2015 and recalled that when Platner drank, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nyt-drops-graham-platner-domestic-violence-bombshell-report-scared-left-marks-wrenched-arms-according-to-ex-girlfriend\/\" title=\"BREAKING: NYT Drops Graham Platner Domestic Violence Bombshell Report - Scared, Left Marks, Wrenched Arms, According to Ex-Girlfriend\">rough side emerged<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring one argument, she recalled, he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn\u2019t get out, telling her to remain there until she was \u2018calm,\u2019\u201d the Times reported, noting she left the next morning after falling asleep in the room.<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that he spoke with glee about raping anyone who burglarized his apartment, sharpened an ax while watching TV, and bragged that he had a Nazi SS tattoo on his chest long before that emerged as an issue in his Senate campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But in its pattern of watering down her allegations and not delivering on its promises, she realized that what superficially was a \u00a0Times hit piece on Platner had very little punch, she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lyndseyfifield\/status\/2062808679829704815?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn\u2019t clean or easy.<\/p>\n<p>I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the \u201ccool girl\u201d or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guy-benson-rips-nyt-over-platner-story-exs-claims-were-selectively-reported\/\" title=\"Guy Benson rips NYT over Platner ...: Ex\u2019s claims were selectively reported\">coercively controlling behavior<\/a> by Graham.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lyndseyfifield\/status\/2062808677451481364?\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  \u201cIt dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to  a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign,\u201d she posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She said she spoke to the Times reporters despite misgivings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone who has ever extracted themselves from a relationship with a narcissistic abuser knows it isn\u2019t clean or easy.<\/p>\n<p>I cringe remembering how many times I tried to play the \u201ccool girl\u201d or fawn in response to what was clearly abusive, coercively controlling behavior by Graham.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lyndseyfifield\/status\/2062808677451481364?\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then she read the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the story went up I began to ask them \u2026 wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham\u2019s by far)? Why does it say \u2018nobody could corroborate\u2019 when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate? Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking \u2018do not call Graham after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never),\u201d she posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere were the screenshots they\u2019d said they would use? Or the mention that I\u2019d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal? The editors said it was too much, they explained. The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive \u2014 long before he was running for office. Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-discovery-made-by-girlfriend-of-former-nhl-player-killed-by-opponent\/\" title=\"Heartbreaking Discovery Made by Girlfriend of Former NHL Player Killed by Opponent\">friends confirm<\/a> they told the Times so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that \u201cthe day I saw him announce he was running I wanted to make sure people knew he had a Nazi tattoo \u2014 and I was terrified he would find out it was me. But of course he knew it was me,\u201d \u00a0she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lyndseyfifield\/status\/2062808677451481364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on<\/a> X<\/p>\n<p>She said when she was approached by the Times, reporters told her, \u201cthere are other women. Women terrified to tell their stories, too, and you need to band together. WE will help you. We will protect you. Men can\u2019t keep getting away with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the reporters \u201cconnected me to two of the other victims so we wouldn\u2019t feel so alone. 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