"Their legacy is forever tainted," Goldin said. She said the Sacklers should not be allowed to buy respectability through naming agreements with museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre, calling it "toxic philanthropy." Photographer Nan Goldin said an Ox圜ontin addiction that began in 2014 almost ended her 50-year career, reducing her to a "hermetic state" in which she barely left her room for three years. overdose deaths were caused by illicit drugs such at heroin and fentanyl, often victims became addicted to opioids through pain medicines such as Ox圜ontin prescribed for high school sports injuries or recovery from surgery. Kristy Nelson of Indiana played a recording of the emergency call she placed when she discovered her overdosed son and can be heard screaming, "Oh my god he's dead!" as the operator tries to extract information about her location. The Sacklers were not permitted to respond to the victims' statements and Hampton said they did not appear to react.
Their stories included the loss of a twin, a Korean War veteran begging his grandson for pills and anguished parents struggling to cope with loss and anger directed at the Sacklers.ĭavid Sackler and Theresa Sackler attended by Zoom and David's father Richard Sackler did not appear on the video but told the court he was listening by phone. The 26 speakers were chosen by the official committee that represents creditors in Purdue's bankruptcy, including the thousands of people who filed personal injury claims against Purdue Pharma. They said last week in a statement that they "sincerely regret" that Ox圜ontin "unexpectedly became part of an opioid crisis." Members of the Sackler family have denied wrongdoing. Purdue Pharma allegedly downplayed the addiction risks of its Ox圜ontin painkiller, helping to fuel a healthcare crisis that has claimed more than 500,000 opioid overdose deaths over two decades.