LA Angels player Tyler Skaggs has died at the age of 27 from an overdose.
Now, Eric Kay, the club’s former communications director, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
“I hope people realize what a piece of Skaggs crap is,” Kay said in a conversation played in court.
Tyler Skaggs passed away more than three years ago.
The MLB pitcher, who belongs to the Los Angeles Angels, was found dead in his hotel room in Southlake in connection with an away game in Texas.
At first, no crime was suspected, but when the autopsy report was published, it appeared that the baseball star had a mixture of alcohol, the pain reliever fentanyl, and morphine in his body.
The report also determined that the accident was an accident and that Tyler Skaggs choked to death from his vomiting.
The penalty was lifted
The verdict was issued today as Eric Kay, who served as director of communications for the Los Angeles Angels for 23 years between 1996 and 2019, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for supplying Skaggs with the drugs that led to his death, New York. Subsequent reports.
Kay was already indicted in February, then at risk of up to 20 years in prison. Because of the phone recording, the prison sentence was increased for a few more years after the prosecutor decided that Kay refused to take responsibility for causing the death.
– I hope people realize how dirty a piece he was…Now he’s dead, so they manipulated him, the former communications director is said to have said in the conversation that took place in court.
The conversation was recorded while he was in prison awaiting sentencing.
Drafted in the first round in 2009, Tyler Skaggs made his MLB debut in 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he played until December 2013. Since then, he has been with the LA Angels.
