Overview
- A Southlake, Texas detective testified via video that Eric Kay said he told then-Angels vice president Tim Mead in 2017 about using drugs with Tyler Skaggs, a claim Mead has denied.
- Kay’s sister disputed his ex-wife’s account about pills for Skaggs during an incident outside Kay’s home in 2019, while acknowledging she knew of her brother’s addiction years earlier.
- A defense human-resources expert testified Kay may have lied to investigators about alerting Mead and said employer actions were constrained by California law, and a former MLB attorney praised the club’s response.
- Angels lawyers emphasized texts and witness accounts indicating Skaggs used opioids as early as 2011, while his family said they did not know of any opioid use after his 2014 trade to the Angels.
- Former teammate Matt Harvey said in a deposition he previously supplied Percocet to Skaggs and received a pill from Kay before the 2019 trip, and the case heads to closings Dec. 15 with the family seeking $118 million.