Victims of opioid abuse and their families on Thursday confronted members of the family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, recounting their unmeasurable loss and pain.
The emotional hearing came one day after a US bankruptcy judge approved a settlement that requires Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families to pay out as much as $6 billion to states, individual claimants and for opioid crisis abatement. "I'm outraged that you haven't owned up to the crisis that you've created," said Kay Scarpone, whose son Joseph Scarpone, a former Marine, was lost to addiction when he was 25.
This story has been updated to make clear that Sackler family members could still be subject to criminal liability.CNN's Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.
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