Unless there’s an Anti-SLAPP statute that allows you to put a quick end to the SLAPP suit. About fifteen seconds of googling tells me Rhode Island has one. If it’s anything like the California one you can shut down a SLAPP lawsuit from the git-go, and get attorneys’ fees for your troubles.
Requires a judicial 'finding' that said suit has that intent, so still needs preliminary resources by the defendant to fight the suit and get the reimbursement for said fees! So it is not as quick or as 'git-go' as it sounds! Then there are the appeals and the politics of the same! Good intentions frequently come up short of deep pockets!