“In return, they have agreed to pay roughly $4.3 billion, while also forfeiting ownership of Purdue Pharma.”
The Sacklers took more than $10 billion out of opioid sales by their own count. They pay back $4.3 billion and buy permanent immunity. They never filed for bankruptcy themselves. They borrowed the protection from a company they drained. The judge called it a bitter result and signed it anyway.