Four years after Tyler Skaggs’ widow and parents sued the Los Angeles Angels over his drug- and alcohol-related death during a 2019 road trip, both sides delivered lengthy opening statements on Tuesday in a California courtroom, with each side blaming the other.

Attorney Shawn Holley, representing the Skaggs family in this civil trial, accused the Angels of continuing to employ team communications director Eric Kay, who had struggled with addiction for years before reportedly distributing pills to Skaggs and other players.

Skaggs died on July 1, 2019, in a Texas hotel room the night before the Angels began a three-game series with the Texas Rangers. Toxicology reports indicated he had taken a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl (provided by Kay), along with oxycodone and about 12 drinks

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