{"id":958,"date":"2026-06-02T08:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:07:33","slug":"top-graham-platner-adviser-threatened-to-defame-female-staffer-over-sexting-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"Top Graham Platner Adviser Threatened To Defame Female Staffer Over Sexting Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>A top advisor to Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner\u2019s campaign threatened to defame a former female staffer for shining light on the Senate hopeful\u2019s sexting scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=956\">Activists Sue To Stop Red State\u2019s Ban On Advertising Abortion Pills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media strategist Morris Katz threatened former campaign aide Genevieve McDonald, who left the campaign in the fall, for sharing Platner\u2019s sexually explicit text messages with media outlets. Katz has notably also advised for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman\u2019s campaigns. <strong>(RELATED: Graham Platner Reportedly Sent Sexually Explicit Texts On Popular Messaging App)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McDonald said the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) had called her prior to publishing their stories as a courtesy call. After the Journal contacted Platner\u2019s campaign, Katz \u201cdemanded\u201d that McDonald retract her comments and record herself calling the publication, telling them their reporting was inaccurate. After she refused, Katz threatened to defame McDonald in a text message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust want to be clear on where we are right now,\u201d Katz wrote in a message to McDonald. \u201cIf the story goes in its current iteration we\u2019ll communicate directly on the record, and by name, that Genevieve violated the personal trust of Amy and Graham and shared explicit falsehoods to sabotage the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The information McDonald shared was not only accurate but was brought to her attention by Platner\u2019s own wife.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Platner\u2019s wife Amy Gertner reportedly warned his campaign last summer that he had exchanged sexually explicit messages with several women, which she had discovered in the spring of 2025. Gertner alerted McDonald herself about the texts in late August, according to the WSJ.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=954\">\u2018Entourage\u2019 Creator Doug Ellin Supports Spencer Pratt\u2019s Mayoral Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Platner\u2019s campaign also confirmed the existence of the messages showing Platner communicating with up to six different women.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Gertner called the scandal a betrayal and an \u201cinvasion of [their] privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend,\u201d Gertner said of McDonald. \u201cI trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives \u2014 the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur marriage today is stronger than ever before,\u201d Gertner added. \u201cI know the man I married and the husband he has been to me on the best and the worst days of my life. That hasn\u2019t changed, and it won\u2019t.\u201d <strong>(RELATED: Graham Platner Wrote About Masturbating In Public Toilets, Mocked Wounded US Soldier)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katz doubled down and defended Platner\u2019s apparent infidelity, saying his sex scandal is \u201cno one\u2019s fucking business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no one\u2019s fucking business what happened in Graham &amp; Amy\u2019s marriage before he was ever a candidate for office,\u201d Katz said in a post on X. \u201cThere should be no place in our politics for incompetent, opportunistic operatives who violate privacy, betray trust, and prioritize vengeance over decency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=952\">JetBlue Says Jet Fuel Will Get Even More Expensive As Iran War Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top advisor to Graham Platner&#039;s campaign threatened to defame a former female staffer for shining light on the Senate hopeful&#039;s sexting scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[747,1373,137,1374,316],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-graham-platner","tag-john-fetterman","tag-maine","tag-sex-scandal","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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