“Almost all states would agree to the deal if the Sackler family would guarantee it 100%,” said North Carolina’s AG, Josh Stein, who negotiated with the family. But the Sacklers’ position, Stein said, was “Take it or leave it.” This recalcitrance left the negotiators on the plaintiffs’ side feeling openly disgusted. “I think they are a group of sanctimonious billionaires who lied and cheated so they could make a handsome profit,”
