The Kentucky attorney general's office sued Purdue Pharma in 2007 for its deceptive marketing of OxyContin, an addictive prescription painkiller. The case was settled in 2015 for $24 million. But before it settled, former company president Richard Sackler gave an on-the-record deposition that is part of the court file. Sackler is a member of the family that controls the company.
The court sealed the records as part of the settlement. STAT, owned by Boston Globe Media, asked the court to unseal the records. A state judge agreed to do that last year, but Purdue Pharma appealed.
