Matt Harvey was named as a possible drug source for former Angels teammate Tyler Skaggs on Tuesday by Eric Kay’s defense attorney on the first day of Kay's trial in connection to Skaggs's death, per ESPN's T.J. Quinn.
Kay, the former Angels communications director, is on trial after a Texas federal grand jury indicted him on two counts in the overdose death of Skaggs. The indictment charged Kay with distributing the fentanyl that caused Skaggs's death in 2019.
"On or about June 30, 2019 … Eric Prescott Kay, the defendant, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the use of said substance resulted in the death and serious bodily injury of [Skaggs]," the indictment said.
Defense attorney Reagan Wynn said in an opening statement that Kay saw the former Los Angeles star ingest three lines of crushed pills—two blue and one pink—on the night of his death. Kay asked where the pink substance came from, to which Skaggs responded, per Wynn, “Those are Percocets I got from [former teammate Matt] Harvey.”
No Percocet was found in Skaggs’s system, however, and investigators later determined the pink pills found in Skaggs’s room were “legitimately manufactured five-milligram oxycodone pills that did not contain fentanyl.”
A toxicology report revealed he had fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system. While under the influence of the three substances, Skaggs choked on his vomit and died.
Kay, the former Angels communications director, is on trial after a Texas federal grand jury indicted him on two counts in the overdose death of Skaggs. The indictment charged Kay with distributing the fentanyl that caused Skaggs's death in 2019.
"On or about June 30, 2019 … Eric Prescott Kay, the defendant, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the use of said substance resulted in the death and serious bodily injury of [Skaggs]," the indictment said.
Defense attorney Reagan Wynn said in an opening statement that Kay saw the former Los Angeles star ingest three lines of crushed pills—two blue and one pink—on the night of his death. Kay asked where the pink substance came from, to which Skaggs responded, per Wynn, “Those are Percocets I got from [former teammate Matt] Harvey.”
No Percocet was found in Skaggs’s system, however, and investigators later determined the pink pills found in Skaggs’s room were “legitimately manufactured five-milligram oxycodone pills that did not contain fentanyl.”
A toxicology report revealed he had fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system. While under the influence of the three substances, Skaggs choked on his vomit and died.
