This was the first and only formal opportunity during Purdue Pharma's lengthy bankruptcy proceeding for victims to address the company's owners directly.Дrain cautioned this wasn't an evidentiary hearing where personal statements should be taken as fact. Judge Robert Drain, who presided over the hearing from his court room in White Plains, N.Y., noted that the Sacklers agreed voluntarily to take part. Christopher was first prescribed Oxењњontin at the age of 14 after a knee injury. 'In 2020, I was hospitalized with depression because I couldn't face another Mother's Day without him,' she said.Дede Yoder lost her son, Christopher Yoder, at the age of 21 to opioid addiction. Kimberly Blake, whose son Sean died of an opioid overdose. 'As a physician and a mother, I have been consumed with grief,' said Dr. Many of the people who testified held up photographs of dead loved ones. May God have mercy on your souls,' Scarpone said. I hope you ask for God's forgiveness for your actions. 'You created so much loss for so many people,' said Kay Scarpone, whose son Joe Scarpone, a retired Marine, died of an opioid overdose. The Sacklers spoke briefly to confirm their presence, but did not respond to the testimony.

Bankruptcy Court with the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma LP, present on Thursday.ДЇor the first time during the long legal reckoning over the opioid crisis, members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma heard directly from people who say their company's main product, Oxycontin, wrecked their lives.Дavid Sackler, Richard Sackler and Theresa Sackler listened and watched during the roughly two-hour long hearing as people described surviving addiction and spoke of losing loved ones to the epidemic. The family members and victims gave statements to the U.S. Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY.

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