Former Los Angeles Angels employee gets 22 years in Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels worker was sentenced to 22 years in federal jail Tuesday for offering Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the medication that led to his overdose dying in Texas.

Eric Kay, wearing an orange jumpsuit with handcuffs and leg shackles, did not react when U.S. District Decide Terry R. Means learn his sentence. Kay confronted not less than 20 years in jail on one of many two counts.

There was no response from Skaggs’ widow and mom or members of Kay’s household, together with one among his sons who testified on his behalf earlier than sentencing.

Prosecutors offered proof of Kay, 48, making derogatory feedback about Skaggs, his household, prosecutors and jurors in telephone calls and emails after he was convicted in February.

There was emotional testimony from either side in federal court docket in Fort Value, about 15 miles from the place the Angels had been speculated to open a four-game sequence in opposition to the Texas Rangers on July 1, 2019, the day Skaggs was discovered useless in a suburban Dallas resort room.

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Kay was convicted on one depend every of drug distribution leading to dying and drug conspiracy.

A coroner’s report mentioned Skaggs, 27, had choked to dying on his vomit and {that a} poisonous mixture of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone was in his system.

The trial included testimony from 5 main league gamers who mentioned they obtained oxycodone capsules from Kay at varied instances from 2017-19, the years Kay was accused of acquiring capsules and giving them to gamers at Angel Stadium. Kay additionally used medication himself, in keeping with testimony and court docket paperwork.