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On the currently airing first season of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, Liz McGraw has talked a decent amount about her friend Dino Guilmette.
According to a new report, Dino has been accused of having mob ties amid facing life in prison.
According to The Sun, Rhode Island State Police have alleged Dino has ties to La Cosa Nostra, a New England gang.
In affidavits, the police submitted that the outlet looked over, Dino was accused of overseeing a network that was responsible for an “operation which includes the process of smuggling multi-kilograms of cocaine into the United States by way of Rhode Island from an origin likely in the Caribbean.”
They also alleged Dino is “actively involved in the licit and illicit activities of the NELCN [New England La Cosa Nostra].”
While investigating him, they claimed Dino was hard to watch because he was “one of the most surveillance cognizant individuals” they had ever come across.
The alleged ties to the mob come fresh on the heels of Dino facing multiple felony charges, including 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.
In court documents, The Sun obtained, 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.”
Due to this, he could face life in prison.
Dino is due to have a hearing in June.
On the show, Liz dealt with rumors that she and Dino were having an affair when they were brought up in episode 2.
When Liz’s husband is away on fishing expeditions, she tends to spend a lot of time with Dino, which fueled the chatter. When the women brought the fodder up to her, she shut it down, explaining they have been close friends for 20 years.
“We can pretend [it’s true] because it makes a great story, but no,” Liz explicitly stated on the show. “When Gerry wasn’t here, I was always with Dino. I know people say, ‘They had this affair.’ It’s all bullsh*t.”