Found: New Box Of 38 Studios Records

PROVIDENCE, RI — Last March, the state police released records connected to its investigation into the 38 Studios fiasco. Rhode Island had issued $88 million worth of bonds to entice former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling to move his video game company to Rhode Island. The business went bankrupt; and although the state has recouped some of the money, taxpayers will have to repay the rest. Questions have been raised about how the deal was ever struck. State police investigated possible criminal wrongdoing and found none. The Grand Jury conducted a separate inquiry. No one has been charged with a crime.

However, Gov. Gina Raimondo has said the taxpayers deserve to see the records. She petitioned the court to allow the grand jury records to be released over Atty. Gen. Peter Kilmartin's objections. Kilmartin argued the release would do harm to the grand jury system, and the court sided with him. So far, the only records seen by the public have come from the state police, which posted them to the Rhode Island State Police website.

All the records were not made public. The state police said this: "Please be advised that state law exempts the release of certain personal information that could reasonably be expected to be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or could disclose information furnished on a confidential basis.

"There are remaining records that cannot be released because they were part of the grand jury investigation. These records are protected by state law, which prohibits their disclosure."

But now, it seems some additional records could be released. Spokeswoman Laura Meade Kirk said those records will be made public, if they're not part of the grand jury's probe.

"The Rhode Island State Police has already released what we had believed to be all records relating to the 38 Studios investigation," she said. "We were recently made aware of some additional documents that should have been released. We are in the process of reviewing these and will release them as soon as possible."