Bleacher Report · Aug 21, 2021
MLB Players Tell Prosecutors They Received Oxycodone from Ex-Angels Employee Eric Kay
Multiple MLB players will testify that they received oxycodone from Eric Kay, who faces trial in the death of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, per Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times.
Kay served as the Angels communication director but was considered the "singular source" who supplied Skaggs with oxycodone. An autopsy of Skaggs after his 2019 death from an overdose determined there was oxycodone, ethanol and fentanyl in his system, per T.J. Quinn of ESPN.
Kay was indicted in October 2020 and charged with distributing a controlled substance that resulted in Skaggs' death and for possessing with the intent to distribute the opioid fentanyl.