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Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout testified Tuesday that he loved his teammate Tyler Skaggs like a brother and never saw signs of drug use before he died of an overdose on a team trip to Texas in 2019.

Trout, a three-time American League Most Valuable Player who hit his 400th career home run this year, took the stand in a civil trial in Southern California over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for its communication director, Eric Kay, giving Skaggs a fentanyl-laced pill that led to his death.

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Trout, who acknowledged he didn't like speaking in public, told the courtroom about his friendship with Skaggs fro

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