Kathe Sackler proud of OxyContin despite US opioids deaths, book says msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Late in Patrick Radden Keefe s brutal, multigenerational treatment of the Sackler family,
Empire of Pain, he offers a jarring anecdote.
It s 2019. The scandal surrounding OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers role in America s devastating opioid epidemic is front-page news. Hundreds of people are dying every day from overdoses.
But Joss Sackler, a designer and businesswoman married to David Sackler (who had left Purdue Pharma s board a year earlier) is busy in New York City hustling up a crowd for her spring fashion line.
Celebrities are understandably reluctant to lend their fame to a Sackler-branded gala. So Joss Sackler and her staff send a personal invite to the singer, tabloid-icon and fabled hell-raiser Courtney Love.
Members of billionaire Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma whined in emails about falling behind financially after being blamed for fueling the opioid crisis
Members of the billionaire Sackler family, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, reportedly complained in emails about falling behind financially
Email in question dates back to 2017 when Mortimer, the son of Mortimer Sackler Sr, requested a $10million loan from the family trust
The younger Mortimer wrote to a confidant: Start off with saying I am not happy. I am falling significantly behind financially
Emails were revealed in Patrick Radden Keefe s new book Empire of Pain
For Him, the Delight Is in the Digging
Patrick Radden Keefe has investigated human smuggling, government espionage and the Northern Ireland conflict. With “Empire of Pain,” he takes on the Sackler family and the opioid crisis.
“I didn’t want to write an opioid crisis book per se,” Patrick Radden Keefe, the author of “Empire of Pain,” said. “The hope is that a certain kind of reader will be interested in this book, primarily as a story about a great American dynasty, and what I would argue is the corruption of a great American dynasty.”Credit.Caroline Tompkins for The New York Times
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