Victims of America’s opioid epidemic confronted members of the Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma on Thursday with wrenching stories of suffering they said was caused by the painkillers that built the company fortune.
Highlights
- Victims of U.S.
- opioid epidemic confronted Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma on Thursday with wrenching stories of suffering they said was caused by the painkillers that built the company fortune.
- “You got rich off our dead bodies and told us it was our own fault for dying,” Ryan Hampton told Richard Sackler, a former board member.
- The emotional court hearing stemmed from a $6 billion settlement between the Sacklers and state attorneys general that could resolve claims over the family’s role in the crisis without taking them to trial.
- The 26 speakers were chosen by the official committee that represents creditors in Purdue’s bankruptcy, including the thousands who filed personal injury claims against Purdue Pharma.