PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island's economic development agency says officials who approved a partial $12.5 million settlement last year in the agency's lawsuit over its $75 million deal with ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios did so without knowing where exactly the money would come from.
Former Executive Director Keith Stokes and former Deputy Executive Director Michael Saul, along with lawyer Rob Stolzman and his firm agreed jointly last year to pay $12.5 million to settle their parts in the lawsuit.
A Commerce Corp. spokeswoman tells The Associated Press that board members were never told how much of the settlement would be paid by Stokes and Saul or how much the agency's own insurance policy would pay. She says that was a condition on the offer.
Open-government advocates are criticizing the decision.
