A radio broadcaster accused US senator Al Franken on Thursday of touching her breasts while she slept and forcing a kiss on her in 2006 when he was still a comedian and the two were preparing to perform before US troops in the Middle East. Tweeden said Franken wrote a skit that included a kiss between the two and said he insisted upon rehearsing it, which she at first resisted. Tweeden also said Franken groped her while she slept during their flight home on a military plane. Humiliated,” Tweeden wrote. Franken was a well-known American comedian before he was elected to the US Senate in 2008 as a Democrat for Minnesota.

Source: The Irish Times November 16, 2017 18:22 UTC