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The settlement would've shielded Sackler family members from civil lawsuits but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.FILE - Feb. 19, 2013 - OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.
The older Bisch, who lives in New Jersey, has been speaking out against Purdue and Sackler family members ever since and is part of a relatively small but vocal group of victims and family members who opposed the settlement. He’s now calling on the Department of Justice to seek criminal charges against Sackler family members
The U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, an arm of the Justice Department, argued that the bankruptcy law does not permit protecting the Sackler family from being sued. During the Trump administration, the government supported the settlement. OxyContin first hit the market in 1996, and Purdue Pharma’s aggressive marketing of it is often cited as a catalyst of the nationwide opioid epidemic, with doctors persuaded to prescribe painkillers with less regard for addiction dangers.
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