Ted Kennedy's replacement???

faithful_servant · #1 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:16 PM

Mass. state senator indicted for sexual harassment

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BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts grand jury on Tuesday indicted a state senator on charges that he allegedly sexually harassed four women in a single day in Lowell before giving a false identity to police officers and fleeing from the scene.

State Sen. James Marzilli, 50, faces charges of attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, annoying and accosting people of the opposite sex, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said.

No date has been scheduled for the arraignment of the Democrat from Arlington, but authorities expected Marzilli's court appearance to be scheduled next week, Leone said.

"Sometime next week, in Lowell Superior Court, Jim Marzilli is going to plead not guilty," Marzilli's attorney Terrence Kennedy said.

"We knew the indictments were coming. They told us last week that they intend to seek indictments in these matters," Kennedy said. "We are prepared to defend them."

Prosecutors say on June 3, Marzilli made sexually explicit remarks to four women and attempted to sexually touch one of them.

Marzilli approached the fourth woman outside an apartment, and two people nearby reported the incident to police. Marzilli gave a false name and address to an officer who responded to the scene, prosecutors said.

He was arrested in a parking garage where authorities apprehended him after he ran away, Leone said in a statement.

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That sounds like the actions of an innocent man: Lie to the police and then run away.

Mikeyy · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 05:20 PM

I ain't gonna kick a guy who is dying. Have fun.

faithful_servant · #3 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 08:24 PM

It's got nothing to do with Kennedy and everything to do with the tendency of Dems. to RE-elect criminals (ala William "Cold Cash" Jefferson). It seems like in Mass., the standard for a Senate position is that you have committed a crime and gotten away with it. This guy will most probably walk away scot-free and the people of Mass. will idolize him for it. They've done it before on multiple occassions and my guess is that they'll do it again.

cnredd · #4 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by faithful_servant

It's got nothing to do with Kennedy and everything to do with the tendency of Dems. to RE-elect criminals (ala William "Cold Cash" Jefferson). It seems like in Mass., the standard for a Senate position is that you have committed a crime and gotten away with it. This guy will most probably walk away scot-free and the people of Mass. will idolize him for it. They've done it before on multiple occassions and my guess is that they'll do it again.

It's almost to a point where it's mandatory to elect a criminal...

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politician - "I'd like to be nominated for this election.

party leader - "Do you have a criminal record?"

politician - "No"

party leader - "Get lost."

Mikeyy · #5 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:32 PM

He hasn't even been nominated. But the right has him branded. Amazing.

cnredd · #6 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikeyy

He hasn't even been nominated. But the right has him branded. Amazing.

Hasn't been nominated?!?!...

He's a STATE SENATOR!!!...He was nominated long ago...

faithful_servant · #7 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 03:17 PM

Here's the latest - He grabbed a woman in the crotch because he's bi-polar...
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts state senator accused of sexually harassing four women in one day has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an attorney said Wednesday.

Sen. James Marzilli pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, annoying and accosting people of the opposite sex, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

After the brief hearing, attorney Terrence Kennedy said his client has been diagnosed with the mental condition that can cause severe mood swings. He did not say when the state senator had received the diagnosis, whether he remained under psychiatric care or if he was on medication.

Marzilli issued a statement on June 5 saying he had decided to receive treatment at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Belmont. That came two days after he was arrested after a police footchase through downtown Lowell.

He initially was accused of making lewd comments to one woman and trying to grab another in the crotch. Investigators later spoke with two other women who claimed Marzilli made similar comments to them that day.

TBO.com - News From AP

faithful_servant · #8 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 03:23 PM

BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts state senator charged over the summer with sexually harassing four women has resigned.

State Sen. James Marzilli had been under pressure to step down since he was arrested in June, but criticism increased Thursday with the news that he had represented the Massachusetts Senate last month at an environmental forum in Germany.

In a one-sentence letter delivered to Senate President Therese Murray, Marzilli offered his resignation, effective at 5 p.m. Friday.

Marzilli is accused of sexually harassing four women in Lowell on a single day. He has pleaded not guilty.

His attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Marzilli did not seek re-election and his term would have expired in January.

TBO.com - News From AP

Now let the cat-boxing begin. He'll probably end up with a deal to seek counseling (probably at the taxpayers expense) and never go to trial. Then he'll run for the Senate when Teddy retires.

cnredd · #9 (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by faithful_servant

Now let the cat-boxing begin. He'll probably end up with a deal to seek counseling (probably at the taxpayers expense) and never go to trial. Then he'll run for the Senate when Teddy retires.

You forgot about the defense...

"This is a rightwing conspiracy conjured up against us sweet-and-innocent-as-lambs Democrats because they are evil."...

saltwn · #10 (**permalink**) 11-18-2008, 02:37 AM

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Police cited the rape allegation in securing a warrant to search Barclay's Brindle Road home on Monday. Most information in the warrant has been sealed by county Judge Kevin A. Hess, who issued it. No details about the allegation have been released publicly. Bruce Barclay Republican

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On the drive home, Hutton pulled off the road and burst into tears. "I was pretty innocent," she says. "I believed he was the great person I thought he was, and this hadn't happened with other people."

AH, BUT IT HAD. HUTTON, A POlitical novice in Oregon, hadn't heard the rumors swirling for years around Bob Packwood, the graying boy wonder and maverick of the United State Senate. Tales of Packwood's exploits as a masher, often involving members of his staff, had long been served up for the delectation of insiders, like canapes at a political cocktail party. In the years before sexual harassment became a national catch phrase, such incidents were usually winked away.

Then came a seismic shift in social values that relocated the fault line between what was private and what was seen as justifiably public. For Packwood, the rumors acquired flesh and blood last November, three weeks after he narrowly won re-election to a fifth term. An article in The Washington Post cited 10 women who accused Packwood of making unwanted sexual advances, spanning from 1969, his first year as a Senator, to 1990. Packwood Republican

Ex-Romney aide, College Republican head, busted on sex offender charges

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New Orlean’s GOPer Senator David Vitter gets linked to the so-called D.C. Madam.

And now (THIS JUST IN) Florida State Rep. Robert “Bob” Allen is enmeshed in a sex scandal for soliciting a male police officer.

We will absolutely resist making the cheap joke that — if these allegations are true — perhaps Vitter did to an escort what he has now done to his constituents and to the Presidential campaign of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Vitter was a leading figure who often talked about the importance of embracing morality and family values. It turns out he was apparently embracing more than that: Now Florida State GOP Rep. Robert “Bob” Allen Is In A Sex Scandal

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child pornography investigation, seized two computers, videotapes and printed materials from his Hagerstown home. Republican Robert A. McKee

Is it just me or do the Republicans seem like they're more into the little kid thing?

I guess size does matter like they say.

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