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Sen. Al Franken accused of kissing and groping broadcaster Leeann Tweeden without her consent
The incident, Tweeden said, took place back stage when the two were practicing their lines for a skit Franken wrote. The comedian, Tweeden said, had insisted the skit include a kiss but she did not want to go through with it.
"I felt disgusted and violated," Tweeden said. "Not long after, I performed the skit as written, carefully turning my head so he couldnt kiss me on the lips." Yet she did not report what happened. "At the time I didnt want to cause trouble," she said. "We were in the middle of a war zone."
Tweeden also said Franken groped her while she was sleeping during the flight home, which she only discovered by reviewing a photograph on a CD of images from the trip. The photo featured her asleep and Franken holding her breasts.
"I couldnt believe it. He groped me, without my consent, while I was asleep," she writes. "I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated. How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think its funny?"
Photo evidence at the link
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...leeann-tweeden-without-her-consent/870097001/
The incident, Tweeden said, took place back stage when the two were practicing their lines for a skit Franken wrote. The comedian, Tweeden said, had insisted the skit include a kiss but she did not want to go through with it.
"I felt disgusted and violated," Tweeden said. "Not long after, I performed the skit as written, carefully turning my head so he couldnt kiss me on the lips." Yet she did not report what happened. "At the time I didnt want to cause trouble," she said. "We were in the middle of a war zone."
Tweeden also said Franken groped her while she was sleeping during the flight home, which she only discovered by reviewing a photograph on a CD of images from the trip. The photo featured her asleep and Franken holding her breasts.
"I couldnt believe it. He groped me, without my consent, while I was asleep," she writes. "I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated. How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think its funny?"
Photo evidence at the link
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...leeann-tweeden-without-her-consent/870097001/