Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Sunday that Amy Gertner told Platner’s campaign in 2025 that she had found sexually explicit text messages between Platner and other women and asked aides to assess any political risk.
- Campaign aides told reporters they treated Gertner’s disclosure as a private marital matter and did not make the information public at the time.
- Former campaign political director Genevieve McDonald went on the record saying Platner exchanged texts with multiple women, a claim Platner has denied as reported by The New York Times and other outlets.
- A top Platner adviser, Morris Katz, sent messages warning McDonald she would be accused of betraying trust if she spoke to reporters, and campaign staff were reported to have physically blocked journalists at a recent event.
- The revelations add to earlier controversies over Platner’s past social posts and a tattoo and have prompted mixed reactions from Democratic figures who say the candidate still has questions to answer while the party weighs electoral risks for the June primary and the general election.