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American radio broadcaster, model and sports commentator
Multiple news outlets reported that Al Franken faced a wave of allegations in late 2017 that he inappropriately kissed, groped, or touched several women; reporting counted at least seven to nine accus...
In late 2017 Senator Al Franken was accused by multiple women of a pattern of sexual misconduct dating back to his years as a comedian, with the first public charge alleging an unwanted kiss and gropi...
Leeann Tweeden publicly released a photograph she said shows Al Franken with his hands over her sleeping chest taken on a 2006 USO flight, and she described an on-stage forced kiss from the same tour;...
Al Franken publicly apologized to Leeann Tweeden and other women, acknowledged some conduct was inappropriate, and pledged to cooperate with an Ethics Committee inquiry while also contesting some reco...
Leeann Tweeden’s public allegations in November 2017—that Al Franken forcibly kissed her during a 2006 USO rehearsal and later posed for a photo with his hands on her while she slept—were the first wi...
Al Franken resigned from the U.S. Senate in December 2017 after multiple women accused him of unwanted kissing, groping and other inappropriate touching dating back as far as 2006; Leeann Tweeden’s ac...