A second woman has accused Sen. Al Franken of groping her

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• A second woman came forward to accuse Democratic Sen. Al Franken of sexual misconduct while he was in office.
• The woman alleges that Franken groped her as the two posed for a photo in 2010.

A woman came forward on Monday to accuse Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, of groping her buttocks during a 2010 photo op, CNN reported.

Franken, who had been elected to the Senate two years prior, was attending the Minnesota State Fair when he posed for a photo with Lindsay Menz, now 33, who was there to support her father's small business.

Menz told CNN that Franken "pulled me in really close, like awkward close, and as my husband took the picture, he put his hand full-fledged on my rear," Menz said. "It was wrapped tightly around my butt cheek."

"It wasn't around my waist. It wasn't around my hip or side. It was definitely on my butt," she added. "I was like, oh my God, what's happening."

Menz said that she told both her husband and father about the incident immediately after it occurred and both men confirmed her allegations to CNN.

She also posted the photo with Franken to her Facebook page soon afterwards and her sister, Cari Thunker, commented "Sorry, but you two aren't Bibles (sic) width apart," referring to how closely the two were standing to each other in the picture.

To that, Menz replied, "Dude -- Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!"

Franken responded to the new allegation in a statement to CNN on Sunday in which he :

"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people, and I certainly don't remember taking this picture," he wrote. "I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected."

On Thursday, Los Angeles TV and radio host Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken, a former comedian, kissed and groped her without consent while the two were on a 2006 tour abroad performing for military service members.

Franken apologized to Tweeden and has since agreed to be investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee.

Menz reached out to CNN with her story shortly after Tweeden's allegations became public.