Major Leagues: harsh sentence for giving drugs to a player who died of an overdose

A court in Texas (USA) sentenced this Tuesday to 22 years in prison to
Eric Kay, former baseball team employee Los Angeles Angels, for supplying drugs to pitcher Tyler Skaggs, Died from overdose in 2019.

The decision was announced by the Northern District of Texas in a statement, after an investigation began on July 1, 2019, when Tyler Skaggs, 27, was found dead in a hotel in South Lake (Texas).

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grateful family

“We are grateful to everyone who worked so hard to investigate and convict Eric Kay. The importance of today’s sentence is not the years in prison, the real problem was that the people who distribute deadly drugs assume their responsibilities,” said the family. of Skaggs in a statement picked up by the US media.

“We will continue to fight so that those who allowed Kay to facilitate deadly drugs are held accountable,” he added.

Skaggs, 27, died in a Southlake hotel room on July 1, 2019 after choking on his vomit, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. The autopsy indicated that they found evidence of fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in the player’s system.

Eric Kay was the Angels’ director of communications at the time of Skaggs’ death.

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