Published May 3, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET Kelsey Swanson ‘s life of leisure came to a screeching halt in tonight’s episode of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island . The born-and-raised Rhode Islander shared in the show’s premiere episode that she had been dating an older man who comes from one of the most prominent families in Rhode Island for the last decade. Ever since meeting him on a yacht at 19 years old, Swanson has been living a job-free life in his 16,000 square foot New England estate—even when he spends the first part of each year in Miami with his other girlfriend. While Swanson does not mention him by name in the show, internet sleuths quickly found him to be John Caprio, son of the late Judge Frank Caprio, who was known for his viral courtroom clips. For the last six episodes of RHORI, the future of Swanson’s relationship has been up for debate.…