Posted on 10/12/2019 5:08:59 PM PDT by DFG
A Los Angeles Angels employee provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and told two team officials about the pitcher’s drug use before his death, according to an ESPN report.
The employee was identified as Eric Kay, the team’s director of communications. According to ESPN, he told federal investigators that he abused opioids with Skaggs and provided them with the names of five other players who he alleged to be using opiates.
Skaggs died on July 1 at age 27 after he was found in a hotel room in Texas with a mixture of fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system, according to toxicology reports. On Aug. 30, the Skaggs family released a statement indicating that a team employee was involved in providing Skaggs with drugs.
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They talked him up until the report came out, then, crickets.
So the f what, an employee of the Angels is to blame?
He CHOSE to get high off of whatever mix got him off. Screw his dead ass.
Anyone who plays with balls for a living is a moron.
Skaggs was a grown man. He chose to do drugs.
The family has no one to blame but him.
No problem. Freaking Admin Moderator will pull this thread too.
It’s very sad but nobody forced him to use drugs. Addictions lead to big problems, sometimes even fatal ones. I’m sure he was informed and well aware of that.
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