Two more women come forward accusing US Senator Al Franken of sexual impropriety, including a second woman who says he groped her while the then-comedian was on a USO tour to entertain American troops.
Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, is an Army veteran who said Franken cupped her breast during a photo op in Kuwait in December 2003, CNN reports.
“When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast. He kept his hand all the way over on my breast,” Kemplin said in an interview. “I’ve never had a man put their arm around me and then cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side.”
She said the incident made her feel “embarrassed.” Kemplin said she moved so his hand changed position before the photo.
Senator Al Franken (D-MN ) taking a break during the Neil Gorsuch Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington,DC on March 20, 2017. (AFP/Brendan SMIALOWSKI)
Meanwhile, also Thursday, an unnamed former elected official in New England tells the Jezebel website that Franken attempted to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss” onstage at an event in 2006 as part of his Air America radio show, shortly before he ran for Senate. The woman was a guest in a live taping of his show. She told Jezebel the encounter left her “stunned and incredulous.”
The two accusations bring to six the number of woman in two weeks to allege inappropriate behavior by the Minnesota Democrat.
— JTA
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