Liz McGraw‘s friend, Dino Guilmette, who has been featured alongside her on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, is facing life behind bars after allegedly getting caught in a drug-dealing incident in November 2021.
According to a new report, Dino, 48, who once dated Kelsey Swanson, 32, and has been close with Liz, 55, and her husband, Gerry McGraw, for years, was hit with seven felony charges after reportedly smuggling kilos of cocaine into the country from the Caribbean.
In court documents obtained by The U.S. Sun, a Rhode Island State Police affidavit shared by GoLocalProvidence alleged that Dino had been “selling large quantities of cocaine, believed to be in kilogram quantities, in the State of Rhode Island,” and that Dino and another, unidentified person “were believed to be smuggling kilograms of cocaine into the State of Rhode Island from an unknown Caribbean island.”
As the outlet confirmed, Dino was charged with “possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, drug conspiracy, perjury, conspiracy, obtaining property by false pretense, and giving a false document to an agent,” and the drug conspiracy charge carries up to life in prison.
After being hit with the charges, Dino is expected in court in June.
As for his role on RHORI, he and Liz, who obtained a cannabis dispensary license in Rhode Island in 2023, faced rumors of an alleged affair earlier this season, which Liz vehemently denied.
“We can pretend [it’s true] because it makes a great story, but no,” she declared. “When Gerry wasn’t here, I was always with Dino. I know people say, ‘They had this affair.’ It’s all bullsh*t.”
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island season one airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.