Former Los Angeles Angels player Ty Buttrey testified that while Tyler Skaggs may have used illicit substances he was not a drug addict, as the now-retired relief pitcher became the second of Skaggs’ former teammates to take the stand in the ongoing wrongful death trial against the ball club.

Buttrey, who spent several years in the Angels bullpen, was one of the last people to communicate with Skaggs before he was found dead in a Texas hotel room at the start of a 2019 road trip. Buttrey said he was unaware that Skaggs had used illicit opioids, and he pushed back against the allegations that Skaggs was addicted to drugs.

“I took a lot of offense to that,” Buttrey testified Wednesday, noting that he had first-hand experience with someone else who had addiction issues. “He (Skaggs) was n

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