"Kay was present in Skaggs' hotel room the night he overdosed on alcohol and opioids, less than a month after Kay returned to work from a drug addiction treatment program. In Kay's 2022 criminal trial, witnesses testified that Kay distributed pills to other players. The team doctor testified last week that he prescribed more than 600 opioid pills to Kay over several years before learning how addictive the pills could be."
"Contradictory testimony by current and former Angels representatives has sharpened scrutiny about what the Angels knew -- and whether officials relayed concerns about Kay to Major League Baseball. Among the trial's key elements in the past two weeks: Deborah Johnston, the Angels vice president of human resources, testified Monday that the team worked with MLB to address Kay's addiction, despite her own deposition and previous testimony by other Angels officials saying they had no knowledge of any such coordination."
The wrongful death lawsuit examines whether the Los Angeles Angels and Major League Baseball were aware of Eric Kay's addiction before Kay supplied a fentanyl-laced pill that killed pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019. Kay returned to work from a drug treatment program less than a month before Skaggs' overdose and was in Skaggs' hotel room the night of the death. Witnesses in Kay's 2022 criminal trial said Kay distributed pills to other players. The team doctor testified he prescribed more than 600 opioid pills to Kay over several years. Contradictory testimony has raised questions about coordination with MLB and possible perjury claims.
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