A radio presenter in Los Angeles accused Democratic US Senator Al Franken of having sexually harassed her on a joint tour in year 2006. Franken had kissed her in rehearsals for a joint sketch against her will, writes Leeann Tweeden in a post on website of Californian radio station KABC. Later, he touched her breasts while she slept and spread a photo of it.

"You wrote screenplay, Senator Franken. But re's nothing funny about sexual assault, "writes Tweeden. "They wrote scene, which included that y kissed me, and pressed me relentlessly to ' rehearsal ' kiss with m behind stage when we were alone. They knew exactly what y were doing. "

Franken apologized for his behavior. "I remember rehearsal for skit certainly not in this way. But I send my deepest apology to Leeanne, " Senator shared. "It should be funny, but it wasn't. I shouldn't have done that. " Franken, who became known as a comedian and journalist, has been seated in US Senate since 2008. In 2006, he had zusammenvor US soldiers in Afghanistan with tweeds.

The Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for an investigation of accusations by Senate's ethics committee. "Regardless of which party is affected, harassment and assault are completely unacceptable – wher in workplace or elsewhere," McConnell said.

After revelations about DenHollywood producers Harvey Weinstein, numerous or accusations of sexual harassment have been made public. In U.S. politics, among or things, Senate candidate for Republicans in Alabama, Roy Moore, is accused of having molested young girls in past. The Speaker of House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, announced that all members of United States House of Representatives should participate in training on prevention of sexual harassment in future.

Date Of Update: 17 November 2017, 12:03