(Register): Angels’ HR official says she texted about Eric Kay’s ‘tweaker vibes’ following news of Tyler Skaggs’ death
(Register): Angels’ HR official says she texted about Eric Kay’s ‘tweaker vibes’ following news of Tyler Skaggs’ death
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A Los Angeles Angels human resources official, after learning that team communications staffer Eric Kay was facing criminal charges for providing a pill that led to the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, texted a former colleague that Kay had “tweaker vibes,” according to testimony Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the ongoing wrongful death trial against the ballclub.
Mayra Castro, an Angels’ HR director, admitted that she initially deleted the text about Kay when she was turning records over to attorneys for the Skaggs family in connection to their wrongful death lawsuit. But Castro said she quickly realized that she shouldn’t have deleted the text and recovered the message so it could be turned over to the family attorneys.
In the August 2019 text to a former coworker, Castro wrote of Kay, “Dude he gave me tweaker vibes,” with the former coworker responding “Omfg, I always thought he definitely looked like a tweaker and sketch.”
This is why I am always super cautious with what I write on work messaging apps like slack or teams. No shit talking, gossip, or any type of joke that can slightly offend anyone. They will come out in your worst moments. Calling someone a tweaker isn’t going to ruin her career but if I was her I’d still feel freaked out that message is in the news. Treat every message as if you have the entire company copied.
Oh look, yet another person who could have done something about Kay, but chose not to. Or better yet, another person who could have legitimately helped Kay, but chose not to.
I’m sure we’ll eventually get there (still another 6+ weeks of this trial), but we’ve yet to hear anything to suggest that the team should have known,or did know, that Kay was dealing to players. Kay simply struggling with addiction himself isn’t enough for me personally, no matter how much his addiction was clearly mishandled by the org.
I can’t help but think everyone testifying knows that if they say what they actually think or saw then they’ll be terminated.