Army vet is Franken’s 5th accuser

AN ARMY veteran has come forward with allegations that Sen. Al Franken groped her during a photo op while she was deployed in Kuwait.

Stephanie Kemplin, 41, told CNN she met the Minnesota Democrat on a USO tour back in 2003, when he was still a comedian and writer. He was visiting the American troops in Iraq while she was stationed in the Middle East.

Kemplin, 27 at the time, was among the many who lined up to snap a photo with Franken.

“When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast,” she told CNN. “He kept his hand all the way over on my breast. I’ve never had a man put their arm around me and cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side.”

The Ohio woman is the fifth woman to accuse Franken of groping, and the second to allege it took place while he was on USO tour.

The Senate Ethics Committee announced it has opened an inquiry into Franken’s actions.