"Taylor, a longtime personal friend of Kay's, also denied that Kay admitted to him in 2013 that he was addicted to Vicodin or that he saw baggies of pills hidden in Kay's bedroom in 2017. Attorneys for the Skaggs family say both those alleged incidents which they attribute to the recollections of Kay's wife show the Angels knew prior to Skaggs death that Kay was addicted to opioids and distributing pills to Skaggs and other players."
"Unlike former Angels VP Tim Mead Kay's former boss who preceded Taylor on the witness stand and acknowledged he knew Kay had what he believed to be a prescription drug problem Taylor testified that prior to Skaggs death he believed Kay was only struggling with mental health issues. Kay told coworkers he had been diagnosed with depression, ADHD and bipolar disorder."
Tom Taylor, a longtime Angels traveling secretary, testified he never reported former communications staffer Eric Kay for potential substance-abuse policy violations despite Kay's at-times abnormal behavior. Taylor denied Kay admitted an addiction to Vicodin in 2013 and denied seeing baggies of pills in Kay's bedroom in 2017. Kay is in federal prison after providing Tyler Skaggs a counterfeit pill containing fentanyl that caused Skaggs' 2019 death. Skaggs family attorneys attribute allegations about Kay's prior opioid use and distribution to Kay's wife's recollections. Former VP Tim Mead acknowledged believing Kay had a prescription drug problem, while Taylor said he believed Kay suffered from mental-health issues.
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