"Daniel Dutko, a lawyer for Skaggs' family, told jurors extensive testimony has shown team officials didn't take adequate action when they learned Kay had multiple plastic bags filled with pills at his home or was hospitalized for a drug overdose. Rather, Kay stayed on the job and had access to players he aimed to keep happy by getting them massage appointments, tee times and prescription medication, Dutko said, adding he was found to have provided drugs to seven on the team."
""This is a systematic breakdown over and over and over," Dutko said. "Why do you think the players think it is OK to go to the director of communications to get a prescription medication? Because they believed Eric Kay's job responsibility was to get them whatever they need.""
A wrongful death lawsuit alleges the Los Angeles Angels knew or should have known communications director Eric Kay was using and distributing drugs to players. The suit claims team officials failed to act after learning Kay had plastic bags of pills and was hospitalized for an overdose, yet he remained on the job with player access. Kay allegedly obtained massage appointments, tee times and prescription medication for players and provided drugs to multiple teammates. Kay was convicted in federal court for supplying the fentanyl-laced pill Skaggs snorted in 2019. The Angels counter that they did not know Skaggs had a years-long painkiller addiction and would have sought help if aware.
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