A former Angels vice president testified Friday, Oct. 17, that he was “stunned” to learn that his longtime ballpark employee was tied to the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, despite for years being deeply involved in contending with what he believed to be that employee’s prescription drug struggles.

As the first week of testimony in the wrongful death case brought against the Angels by the family of Tyler Skaggs wound to a close, Tim Mead — the club’s former communications chief — was questioned about his relationship with Eric Kay, a longtime team public relations director who worked for Mead and was later convicted of giving Skaggs a counterfeit pill containing fentanyl that led to the ballplayer’s death.

Mea, after a 40-year career with the Angels. left the ballclub to work for the Base

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