The Case of Al Franken by Jane Mayer

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271. The two other named trump voters

claimed they were groped at public events with multiple onlookers, but provided no witnesses to the alleged assault.

One accuser claimed Franken improperly kissed her... on stage in front of an audience of 750 people after she gave him an award.

The first incident occurred on April 28, 2006, in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Franken was broadcasting a live show at the Latchis Theatre, in front of seven hundred and fifty people. When a local elected official came onstage to hand him an award, he kissed her. The woman, whose name is being withheld at her request, declined to speak to me on the record. But she told her story, anonymously, to Jezebel, saying that she felt certain Franken had been aiming to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss.” She told Jezebel, “I felt demeaned. I felt put in my place.” She said that, although they were in a public place, nobody noticed the encounter. But Christian Avard, a local reporter, witnessed it, and told me, “I think it was supposed to be ‘Thank you very much,’ but it looked like a bad kiss on his part.”

Two other anon accusers claim they were groped at public events, but no witnesses. Another anon claimed she was attacked in private, but said Franken said "It’s my right as an entertainer." -- a line that is so out of character it beggars belief.

Then there's Tina Dupuy, the final nail on the coffin, who claims Franken assaulted her by holding her at the waist during a photo op. At that point in time she had nothing but good things to say about Franken on social media