The charity tied to the multibillionaire Sackler family ― of which some members own opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma ― said Monday that it will suspend its donations in the U.K., days after several top museums on both sides of the Atlantic announced they would no longer accept its financial support. The company and several members of the Sackler family are battling numerous lawsuits accusing them of exacerbating and profiting off of the opioid crisis in the U.S. “The Trustees of the Sackler Trust have taken the difficult decision to temporarily pause all new philanthropic giving, while still honoring existing commitments,” Theresa Sackler, the charity’s chair, said in a statement. The Guggenheim Museum in New York said over the weekend that it will not accept any additional donations from the Sackler Trust. Museum officials, who have said the institution received $9 million from the family between 1995 and 2015, did not specify the reason, but the Guggenheim had faced mounting pressure to stop accepting donations from the family.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2019 13:07 UTC