(LATimes): “Angels plan to portray Tyler Skaggs as a cunning addict as high-stakes wrongful death trial continues”

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  1. Not too much here that is new-

    *”Fans of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs might want to hold their ears when the wrongful death trial brought by his widow and parents against the Angels resumes Monday.

    The Angels are about to present their defense and, according to people with knowledge of the Angels’ strategy, their attorneys plan to portray Skaggs as a selfish, secretive opioid addict who for years manipulated teammates and team communications director Eric Kay into obtaining illicit pills for him to chop up and snort.

    Skaggs, a first-round draft pick of the Angels in 2009 out of Santa Monica High, was one year away from free agency when he died of an overdose July 1, 2019. He died after snorting a counterfeit opioid pill laced with fentanyl in his hotel room during an Angels trip to play the Texas Rangers in Arlington.

    The left-handed starter was 27 and in the midst of his best season of seven in the big leagues when he died. His performance has been pointed to by Skaggs family lawyers as evidence he wasn’t a drug addict, but instead an athlete who took pain pills to stay on the field. “*

  3. Wouldn’t it have been better to settle this out of court as opposed to go through this mess slandering Skaggs as a person plus further embarrassing the organization and still lose and have to give the family money?

  4. Lol yes Skaggs must’ve manipulated Eric Kay to deal drugs to him and to the other Angels players plus players visiting from other teams.

  6. This team is an embarrassment on and off the field because of Moreno and This is the absolute lowest point this team has ever been. Not a single dollar going to this shit show tell Moreno is gone.

  10. The issue is the liability the angels opened themsleves up to by allowing tim mead to treat eric kay with special treatment after they knew he was a druggie. Putting a known druggie around young guys who are impressionable is probably a thing you sue over. If your son died. When the Angels write a check to the family it will be because Tim Mead didnt fire Eric Kay.

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