Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, during the committee's executive session on the nomination Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Former Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota has been accused of sexual misconduct by another woman.

A woman told New York magazine that Franken groped her buttocks at an event in 2006.

She is the ninth woman to accuse Franken of sexual impropriety.

The latest allegation comes as Franken has stepped back into the public eye and is poised to begin a weekly program on SiriusXM.

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Another woman has accused former Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota of sexual harassment.

The woman, a former aide to Democratic Sen. Patty Murray ofWashington state, told New York magazine that Franken groped her buttocks during an event in 2006. She's chosen to remain anonymous and has stayed silent on the matter for years over fears of the impact it could have on her career.

At Murray's annual event, Golden Tennis Shoes Awards, the woman at one point took a photo with Franken.

She told New York that Franken then put "his hand on my ass. He's telling the photographer, 'Take another one. I think I blinked. Take another one.' And I'm just frozen. It's so violating. And then he gives me a little squeeze on my buttock, and I am bright red. I don't say anything at the time, but I felt deeply, deeply uncomfortable."

The woman said the alleged incident "rocked her confidence"