Eric Kay won’t be a free man for a long time after the former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels was sentenced to 22 years in prison this Tuesday.
Kay was convicted of “providing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl” that led to the overdose death of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
The sentencing comes eight months after Kay was found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means said that Kay showed a “refusal to accept responsibility and even be remorseful for something” he caused.
Aside what he did to Skaggs, Kay provided opioids to at least five other professional baseball players.
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In 2019, Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas. He was just 27 years old. The autopsy for Skaggs showed that he passed away from “alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication.”
