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At Tyler Skaggs trial, MLB players and widow give dramatic testimony: "My husband couldn't respond ... because he was dead"
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Four major league players testified Tuesday that they received oxycodone pills from a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to the pitcher's overdose death. Skaggs's widow also gave emotional testimony about her last contact with her husband.
Pitchers Matt Harvey, Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian and first baseman C.J. Cron all took the stand and described bits and pieces of recreational drug use allegedly going on in and around the Angels three years ago, when they played for the team. They were with the Angels at some point from 2017-19, the years federal prosecutors say Eric Kay obtained drugs for players. Kay faces drug distribution and drug conspiracy charges.
Prosecutors rested their case to finish the most dramatic day of the weeklong trial, which included testimony from Skaggs' widow about the last time she saw her husband and the last text she received from him the night before he was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room.
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