{"id":57989,"date":"2025-10-22T17:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/trout-testifies-alerts-about-kay-before-skaggs-death-mlb-in-trial\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:11:48","slug":"trout-testifies-alerts-about-kay-before-skaggs-death-mlb-in-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/trout-testifies-alerts-about-kay-before-skaggs-death-mlb-in-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Trout Testifies: Alerts About Kay Before Skaggs’ Death, MLB in Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"In a revealing testimony, Mike Trout, outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels, testified in court about concerns related to the team’s former communications director, Eric Kay, before the tragic death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.\n\n\n

Mike Trout’s Testimony<\/h2>\n\n\nTrout revealed that a team employee alerted him to potential drug abuse issues by Kay. The player directly confronted Kay, urging him to “do the right thing.” This testimony is a crucial step in the court case, as it could demonstrate that Kay’s behavior justified intervention by the team before he provided the drugs that caused Skaggs’ death.\n\nThe Skaggs family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Angels, demanding compensation of $118 million. They allege that the team violated its own rules by allowing Kay to remain in his position despite the risks associated with his drug use.\n\nIn contrast to Trout’s testimony, other team officials, such as Tim Mead and Tom Taylor, stated that they were unaware of Kay’s drug problems.\n\nThe Skaggs family’s lawyer plans to call Kay’s wife to testify, whose testimony contradicts the statements of Taylor and Mead.\n\n

“He put Skaggs directly in danger” <\/p>Shawn Holley, Skaggs family lawyer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Angels’ lawyer, Todd Theodora, argued that the team is not responsible for Kay and Skaggs’ actions outside of working hours. Theodora stated that it was Skaggs who “decided to obtain the illicit pills and take the illicit drugs along with alcohol the night of his death”.\n\nTrout testified that he saw Skaggs consume alcohol, but not drugs, and that he was unaware of drug use by other teammates.\n\nTrout recalled having limited Kay’s ability to obtain autographs, concerned about their possible misuse.\n\nBefore confronting Kay, Trout proposed various actions in exchange for money, which illustrates Kay’s desperation. Trout stopped offering him money when a club assistant suggested that Kay might be using the money to buy drugs.\n\nTrout was emotional when remembering the last meeting with Skaggs and the impact of his death on the team.\n\nThe mother and widow of Skaggs were present in the courtroom.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a revealing testimony, Mike Trout, outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels, testified in court about concerns related to the team’s former communications director, Eric Kay, before the tragic death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Mike Trout’s Testimony Trout revealed that a team employee alerted him to potential drug abuse issues by Kay. The player directly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1242,10030,89,4020],"class_list":{"0":"post-57989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mlb","7":"tag-angels","8":"tag-drug-abuse","9":"tag-mike-trout","10":"tag-tyler-skaggs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}