The chairman of Rhode Island's Senate committee on government oversight wants access to all depositions and exhibits related to the state's lawsuit against failed video-game company 38 Studios.
"I believe this information will help answer many questions still left unanswered about how the ill-fated deal came about," Sen. James Sheehan, D-Narragansett.
Sheehan, in a letter to Thomas Carlotto, the attorney for Rhode Island Commerce Corp., cited the public records act.
Commerce Corp., formerly the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., is looking to recoup a $75 million loan guarantee it made in 2010, backed by the state's moral obligation, to entice former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling to move 38 Studios to downtown Providence from Maynard, Mass.
The company, however, folded in 2012 and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Rhode Island has begun making installment payments on the debt.
The depositions of witnesses central to the 38 Studios deal, along with exhibits, are the result of countless hours and expert due diligence by the state's attorney and his legal associates, said Sheehan.
Past criminal investigations and an ongoing civil lawsuit have complicated the work of the committee, according to Sheehan.
