Attorneys for the Los Angeles Angels hope to prove that Tyler Skaggs was a drug addict for so long and went to such great lengths to hide his addiction that there was no way for the team to prevent his 2019 death, a lawyer for the organization told an Orange County Superior Court judge on Monday, Dec. 1 as the ongoing wrongful death trial against the ballclub entered the defense phase.

Attorneys for Skaggs’ family — who contend the Angels knew about his drug issues and the fact he was receiving illicit opioids from former team communications staffer Eric Kay — rested their case on Monday morning, after more than a month and a half of testimony from roughly two-dozen witnesses.

Attorneys for the Angels — after briefly telling Judge H. Shaina Colover outside the presence of the jury what

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