An Emmy award-winning broadcaster and three doctors were indicted and accused of helping fuel the nation’s opioid crisis by scheming to illegally obtain oxycodone and other drugs and sell them on the black market, according to unsealed court records obtained by The Detroit News on Oct. 22.
The broadcaster, Clara Wilkerson, 65, formerly of Bloomfield Hills, was indicted alongside three doctors and accused of participating in a scheme that flooded the streets with more than 2.4 million dosage units of drugs — including the pain medications oxymorphone and hydrocodone-acetaminophen — worth more than $14.6 million on the black market.
The 39-count indictment described a dark side to an anchor and producer who worked for WDIV-TV (Channel 4) and stations in Florida and Washington, D.C., and who produced videos featured on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” and PBS…