LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati Reds left-hander Wade Miley is accused in court docket paperwork of offering medication to the late Tyler Skaggs, a Los Angeles Angels pitcher who died of an unintentional overdose in 2019.
Skaggs’ former agent, Ryan Hamill, mentioned in a deposition that Skaggs advised him he was utilizing ache capsules containing oxycodone, which have been supplied by Miley.
The deposition is a part of a wrongful loss of life lawsuit filed by Skaggs’ household in opposition to the Angels in California. A former publicist for the Angels, Eric Kay, was convicted in Texas of offering the fentanyl-laced capsules that an post-mortem mentioned contributed to Skaggs’ loss of life. Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal jail.
Skaggs died within the workforce resort in a Dallas suburb. His physique was discovered hours earlier than what was speculated to be the beginning of a sequence between the Angels and Texas Rangers.
Miley will not be dealing with felony costs, and it’s not the primary time his title has come up in relation to Skaggs’ loss of life. Throughout the sentencing section of Kay’s case, prosecutors used a recording of a dialog between Kay and his mom through which Kay mentioned Miley was considered one of Skaggs’ drug suppliers.
The Reds had no remark Thursday, and Miley wasn’t instantly obtainable for remark.
Matt Harvey, now a retired main league pitcher, testified throughout Kay’s trial that he supplied medication to Skaggs. Harvey was later suspended for 60 days for violating MLB’s drug coverage. He didn’t pitch within the main leagues once more. Harvey and three different gamers additionally testified they acquired capsules from Skaggs and described the leisure drug use they witnessed whereas with the Angels.
Harvey and Skaggs have been teammates with the Angels in 2019. Skaggs and Miley have been teammates with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2012-13.
Hamill mentioned the dialog through which Skaggs implicated Miley passed off in 2013. Hamill had expressed concern to Skaggs’ mother and father about what he mentioned was erratic conduct from the pitcher in a telephone dialog. Hamill mentioned he and Skaggs’ mother and father confronted Skaggs at house, resulting in Skaggs’ admission that he was utilizing medication and the accusation that Miley was supplying them.
The 38-year-old Miley signed a one-year contract with the Reds on June 4 and has made two begins this season. He had Tommy John surgical procedure on his left elbow in Might 2024 and signed a minor league take care of Cincinnati in February.
Miley had an opt-out clause if he didn’t attain the massive leagues by June 1. The 14-year veteran executed that clause however remained with Cincinnati whereas he pursued potential offers with different golf equipment earlier than re-signing with the Reds.
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