A former Angels employee was sentenced to 22 years for providing drugs to Tyler Skaggs that led to his 2019 overdose death. Skaggs played two seasons with the Diamondbacks and was in his fifth season with the LA Angels when he died.
A former Los Angeles Angels employee was sentenced Tuesday for providing drugs to pitcher Tyler Skaggs that led to his 2019 overdose death in Texas.
The judge presiding over the case sentenced Kay above the minimum 20 years for derogatory remarks he made during a prison phone conversation about Skaggs that prosecutors played in court, The Post and Associated Press reported. The Times reported that Skaggs was found dead in a Dallas-area hotel room on July 1, 2019, hours before the Angels were to play the Rangers.
During Kay's trial, five major league players, including pitchers Matt Harvey, Cam Bedrosian, and Blake Parker, testified that between 2017-19, Kay gave them oxycodone pills, the news outlet reported.The news outlet reported that Kay was with the team when they were in Texas, his first game back with the team since returning from rehab.
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