News Sacklers to pay $6 billion to settle Purdue opioid lawsuits

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Sacklers to pay $6 billion to settle Purdue opioid lawsuits​

Dietrich Knauth, Jonathan Stempel, Tom Hals
Reuters
4 Mar 2022

The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP reached a deal with a group of attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation alleging that they fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, bringing the OxyContin maker closer to exiting bankruptcy.

The attorneys general for eight states and the District of Columbia, who had blocked a previous settlement that included a $4.3 billion cash payment, announced the deal after weeks of mediation with the Sacklers.

The family agreed to pay at least $5.5 billion in cash, which will be used for abating a crisis that has led to nearly 500,000 U.S. opioid overdose deaths over two decades.

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[nznity]

FINALLY, THESE MOFOS SHOULD GO BANKRUPT WITH ALL THE PPL THEYVE KILLED.
PHILANTHROPISTS???PFFFFFF ASASSINS.!!!

 

[nznity]

Every single dollar from their fortune is stained with blood
.I.