Ex-Wife: Angels Alerted in 2017, Pills Removed

Camela Kay, the ex-wife of former Angels communications director Eric Kay, testified in a Santa Ana wrongful-death trial that she saw players and clubhouse attendants pass pills and drink on the team plane and that she believed Eric was supplying drugs to players. She said team officials were alerted to Eric Kay’s erratic behavior after a 2017 intervention and that she saw a team official remove multiple small baggies of white pills from the Kay home. Her testimony contradicted earlier testimony from Angels employees Tim Mead and Tom Taylor, who said they were unaware of Kay’s drug use until after Tyler Skaggs’ 2019 fentanyl-laced overdose. Eric Kay was convicted in 2022 of giving Skaggs a fentanyl-laced pill and is serving a 22-year federal sentence; the Skaggs family is seeking $118 million and additional damages, alleging the Angels violated rules and allowed Kay access to players despite known substance problems.