States Aimed to Control Purdue Victim Payouts, Insider Says (1)

Attorneys general across the country worked to direct settlement money from the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy into state coffers rather than to victims of the opioid crisis, survivors of those who died from overdoses and babies born dependent on opioids, according to a new book by an insider in the court proceedings.

“When the doors were closed and cameras were off, the same people who spoke with such compassion and understanding about overdoses didn’t necessarily want to hear from” victims, Ryan Hampton wrote in his non-fiction book “Unsettled.”

Hampton is a victims’ advocate who was on the committee representing individuals in ...