James Marzilli Allowed to Travel Overseas While on Probation

James Marzilli has been doing quite a lot of traveling since he was convicted of sexual harassment back in 2008.

According to a NECN report, for the past three years, the former Massachusetts state senator has volunteered to teach civics in a 10-week program at a school in Burma while on probation. And he is starting to stir up trouble there too.

The school says there were not any problems during the first two years. But they say a few months ago, Marzilli’s behavior started to become erratic. The school says Marzilli started showing up to class appearing drunk and that female students have been warned to avoid him.

The 58-year-old former Senator spent three months behind bars for sexually harassing four women in a string of bizarre incidents in Lowell in 2008. He pleaded guilty in 2011, admitting that he also trailed a woman down the sidewalk telling her “the sex is sweet, the sex is sweet, you want it...”

He was ordered to be on probation until 2016. Marzilli was put on GPS monitoring for a year and ordered to seek mental health treatment.

But judges have allowed him to travel abroad numerous times during his sentence. Marzilli was granted permission to take a family vacation to Mexico just months after he was released from prison.

According to NECN’s report, after the alleged incidents with the students in Burma, the school banned him from ever returning. However, Marzilli was able to go to Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and other exotic locations.

Right now, Marzilli is back in Massachusetts and reportedly in compliance with his probation conditions, which include meeting with his probation officer twice a month.

It is unclear if there will be an investigation into the allegations from the school in Burma.