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Former Angels staffer charged in pitcher Tyler Skaggs' death

Eric Kay, a former director of communications for the Los Angeles Angels, has been charged by the Drug Enforcement Agency for illegally supplying drugs to former pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died in a hotel room in Texas last year.

Skaggs, 27, was found dead on July 1, 2019 after police responded to a report of an unconscious man in a hotel room in Southlake, Texas. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the criminal complaint affadavit, Skaggs sent text messages to Kay on June 30, asking for him to deliver pills to his hotel room.