All signs point to this being a political hit job. The woman they cite as an “accuser” is a career Republican operative who worked at the Heritage Foundation and founded Ladies for Kavanaugh to get Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. There is some discussion that she actually wrote talking points Senator Collins used to justify her vote to put him on the Supreme Court.

https://www.newsweek.com/who-is-lyndsey-fifield-platners-republican-ex-girlfriend-what-we-know-12038091

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/06/ny-times-omits-minor-detail-platnet-hit

Did he grab the one woman by the wrist or did he grab her by the pussy? In another timeline, both behaviors would disqualify you from public office… but not in this one.

Oh they don’t like their ex that’s utterly insane I’ve never heard of such a thing before