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Angels Staffer Found Guilty for Distributing Drugs That Caused Tyler Skaggs’s Death

On Thursday, a jury found former Angels communications director Eric Kay guilty on two counts of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy. The jury reached its verdict after deliberating for less than three hours.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 28, per ESPN's T.J. Quinn. Kay faces 20 years to life imprisonment for the drug distribution charge and up to 20 years for the drug conspiracy charge.

A coroner’s report said Skaggs, 27, had choked to death on his vomit in 2019, and a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone was in his system.