The family was issued a sweeping grant of immunity from any future civil claims related to the opioid crisis. They also secured a similar immunity for scores of their lawyers, advisers, and PR fixers, ensuring that the enablers who had helped to protect them for so long would be rewarded for their loyalty. At a glance, the $4.3 billion figure might seem like a lot of money. But the fine print of the deal stipulated that the Sacklers would pay it out slowly, over nine years. Because their remaining fortune, estimated to be roughly $11 billion, continued to generate huge annual income in the
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