US EditionEx-wife of Angels employee to face cross examination in trial over pitcher’s overdose death
- On Monday in Santa Ana, Camela Kay is expected to testify in a civil wrongful-death trial over whether the Los Angeles Angels are liable for Tyler Skaggs' death.
- The lawsuit alleges team negligence allowed a drug-addicted and dealing employee access to players, and Skaggs' family seeks $118 million for lost earnings, pain and suffering, and punitive damages.
- A coroner's report found Tyler Skaggs choked on his vomit with a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone in his system in a suburban Dallas hotel room more than six years ago.
- Mike Trout, Angels outfielder, has testified, and the trial is expected to take weeks; Major League Baseball and the players association implemented opioid testing and treatment referrals after Skaggs' death.
- The former Angels employee's 2022 conviction and 22-year sentence include testimony from five MLB players who said they received oxycodone from Eric Kay between 2017 and 2019.
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Ex-wife of Angels employee testifies during Tyler Skaggs trial that players partied with pills on team plane
Camela Kay told jurors in a Southern California courtroom she had traveled on the Angels team plane with her then-husband Eric Kay, who was convicted of providing drugs that led to the 2019 death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, and seen players partying, playing card games, gambling and drinking.
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Eric Kay’s ex-wife describes drug use on Angels road trips, says club officials knew of his drug problems
Los Angeles Angels’ officials were warned that communications staffer Eric Kay was providing illicit pills to Tyler Skaggs weeks before the pitcher’s death, according to testimony on Monday, Oct. 27 from Kay’s ex-wife, who also described a culture of rampant drug use on team road trips. Camela Kay testified during Skaggs’ wrongful death trial that Angels’ officials were aware of her ex-husband’s years-long struggle with opioid addiction and igno…
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Ex-wife of Angels employee is expected to testify in trial over pitcher's drug overdose death
The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee is expected to testify in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers.
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