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THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 38
STUDIOS SCANDAL.
YESTERDAY THE STATE
FILED SUIT AGAINST CURT
SCHILLING AND SEVERAL
OTHERS - IN CONNECTION
WITH THE VIDEO GAME
COMPANY'S COLLAPSE.
TODAY THE FORMER RED
SOX PITCHER IS REACTING
TO THE NEWS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER NNEKA NWOSU
HAS THE DETAILS - LIVE IN
THE NEWSROOM.
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IN HIS STATEMENT CURT
SCHILLING CALLS THE
LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM,
QUOTE, "POLITICAL."
HE ALSO DID NOT RULE
OUT THE POSSIBLITY OF A
LAW SUIT OF HIS OWN.
CURT SCHILLING DENIES ANY
WRONGDOING IN CONNECTION
WITH THE $75 MILLION DOLLAR
TAX PAYER LOAN GUARANTEE
THAT THE STATE GAVE HIS
FAILED VIDEO GAME COMPANY,
38 STUDIOS.
IN A STATEMENT WRITTEN TO
THE ASSOCAITED PRESS,
SCHILLING SAID THAT THE
RHODE ISLAND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
MADE ITS DECESION TO BACK
HIS COMPANY QUOTE, "with its
eyes wide open and with full
understanding of any risks."
THURSDAY, THE E-D-C SUED
SOME OF ITS FORMER
EMPLOYEES, AND SCHILLING.
THE LAWSUIT ASKS THAT THEY
PAY ROUGHLY 100 MILLION
DOLLARS BACK TO THE STATE.
SCHILLING SAYS THE LAWSUIT
IS POLITICAL, CLAIMING THAT
GOVERNOR CHAFEE DID NOT
DO ENOUGH TO HELP THE
COMPANY SUCCEED.
SCHILLING SAID QUOTE.
"I am confident that when the
claims
against me are adjudicated, it
will be
determined that the claims were
brought against me for political
reasons, not based on any
alleged
wrongdoing on my part,"
HE ADDED
"To the extent my attorneys
advise
me that these claims were
improperly filed, I will
consider taking
such action as necessary against
those filing the claims,"
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ALSO NAMED IN THE LAW
SUIT, KEITH STOKES, THE
FORMER HEAD OF THE
RHODE ISLAND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION.
WE STOPPED BY HIS
HOME IN NEWPORT
TODAY...THE WOMAN WHO
ANSWERED THE DOOR
SAID HE WAS NOT HOME.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM,
NNEKA NWOSU,
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE
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