Watch: In never-before-seen video, Purdue’s Richard Sackler defends OxyContin marketing
Purdue's Dr. Richard Sackler was questioned under oath four years ago about his role in the marketing of OxyContin. Now you can watch that deposition.
by David Armstrong — ProPublica
Aug 27, 2019
3 minutes
This story is a collaboration between STAT, ProPublica, and ABC News.
Members of the intensely private Sackler family that controls opioid maker Purdue Pharma are rarely photographed, and even less frequently seen on publicly available videos. Finally, that’s changing.
Four years ago this week, Dr. Richard Sackler sat in a conference room at a law office in a Louisville, Ky., office park. Lawyers for the Kentucky attorney general’s office were taking his
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