Documents Shed Light On Start Of Disastrous 38 Studios Deal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Once-secret documents released in Rhode Island are shedding light on the beginnings of the disastrous deal that gave a $75 million state loan guarantee to 38 Studios, the video game company started by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
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Among the documents released Thursday are depositions of former House Speaker Gordon Fox, who supported the deal, and his predecessor, William Murphy.
Fox refused to answer questions. But he was asked whether he met with 38 Studios representatives on July 21, 2009, indicating the deal may have been in the works months before originally acknowledged. Fox was majority leader at the time.
Murphy says he met Schilling and toured the company in 2009.
Fox has since been sent to prison on an unrelated corruption charge.
38 Studios went bankrupt in 2012.
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