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| 32 Lorraine St. in Barrington is a 9,000-square-foot vacation rental owned by former state Rep. David Caprio. |
By Bob Plain in
RIFuture.org
The Barrington house where radio shock jock John DePetro
allegedly sexually harassed WPRO coworker Dee DeQuattro is owned by former
state Rep. David Caprio.
Sources
who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the address of the house in
question as being 32 Lorraine St., a very high end vacation rental known as
Beach House, a 9,000-square-foot, 1895 Victorian-style mansion that rents for
$8,800 in the summertime, according to a vacation rental website.
Barrington property records indicate the property
is owned by John LaRochelle and David Caprio, both Providence attorneys. It is
appraised at $1,545,800 and has 24 rooms, 14 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms.
Caprio, a Democrat, was a state legislator representing
Narragansett from 1999 until 2010 when he lost in a primary to Rep. Teresa
Tanzi. His brother Frank ran for governor against Linc Chafee and famously told
President Obama to “shove it.” Their father Frank is a well-known local TV
judge on the show “Caught in Providence.”
A
phone number of the vacation rental website rings Caprio’s phone, who could not
be immediately reached for comment. According to a press release dated January 21,
2011 from his web designer, Caprio has recently stepped up efforts to rent the
property.
“Former State Representative David Caprio recently
stepped up efforts to attract visitors to his 9,000 square foot vacation home
in Barrington, Rhode Island,” reads the press release. “
Although the Victorian estate, affectionately known as
the Beach Mansion, has been available for booking in the past, Caprio received
fewer reservations than he would have liked.”
According to DeQuattro’s lawsuit, her and DePetro were to
get lunch together on the afternoon of May 21.
“DePetro instead stated he had another place in mind and
drove to a house on a dead end street in Barrington,” according to the filing.
“Plaintiff inquired where they were and DePetro said he owned the property and
insisted plaintiff exit the car and come into the house while he retrieved an
item. While inside the house DePetro made sexual advances towards the
Plaintiff.”
DeQuattro declined to comment on the lawsuit or the house
in question.
Bob Plain is the editor/publisher of Rhode Island's
Future. Previously, he's worked as a reporter for several different news
organizations both in Rhode Island and across the country.