An Orange County Superior Court judge Monday ruled that attorneys for the Los Angeles Angels will be limited in their attempts to blame others than a former public relations director for the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Attorneys for the team argued Monday before Orange County Superior Court Judge Shaina Colover that the Major League Baseball franchise had new evidence indicating the pitcher received narcotics from other sources and that disputed Skaggs’ cause of death during a road trip to Texas in 2019.

Skaggs’ parents and widow Carli filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the club. The trial is expected to begin in early October and last about two months.

The plaintiffs argued that defense attorneys cannot legally present new facts when there has already been another trial that est

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