Sackler Criminal Case Sought by Connecticut AG Over Opioids
- William Tong says he wants state prosecutor to weigh charges
- Sacklers’ $6 billion opioid deal doesn’t bar criminal cases
OxyContin medication
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said he’ll ask the state’s top prosecutor to consider criminal charges against members of the billionaire Sackler family over improper marketing of the opioid painkiller OxyContin by their company, Purdue Pharma LP.
While the Sacklers agreed in March with Connecticut and other states to pay as much as $6 billion to resolve all opioid lawsuits against Purdue and themselves as part of a bankruptcy case, that deal doesn’t preclude prosecutors from exploring a criminal case.