· family members are collectively worth billions , but much of their assets are held in trusts in offshore accounts that would be hard to access through lawsuits. The sacklers must contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years. Opioid epidemic remains one of the most troubling unresolved questions in american justice. Despite billions in settlements over oxycontin’s marketing, no sackler has ever faced criminal prosecution. Will purdue pharmas settlement affect the sackler familys net worth? · a federal bankruptcy judge approved the sackler family ’ s $7 billion opioid settlement on , requiring the billionaire clan to pay up to $7 billion over 15 years while giving up purdue pharma ownership. Forbes values the sackler family ’s net worth at $5. 2 billion as of february, based on an estimated $11. 2 billion in liquid assets minus the $6 billion they were set to pay in the bankruptcy. · the sackler family , once synonymous with staggering wealth and philanthropy, has reached a monumental $7. 4 billion settlement with 15 states over their role in fueling the opioid crisis through their company, purdue pharma. · after purdue pharma agreed to a $7. 4 billion settlement, the sackler family , the companys founders, could see a hit to their net worth. Why did the sackler family get a $74 billion settlement? How much money will the sacklers contribute to the opioid crisis? · members of the sackler family who own oxycontin maker purdue pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids , in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on tuesday. Did the sackler family get a $7 billion opioid settlement? Here’s why that may never change—and what the law still allows. This time, the government. · the sackler family ’ s role in the u. s.
