Cincinnati Reds left-hander Wade Miley declined on Friday to particularly deal with an accusation in court docket paperwork of offering medicine to the late Tyler Skaggs, a Los Angeles Angels pitcher who died of an unintentional overdose in 2019.
Skaggs’ former agent, Ryan Hamill, mentioned in a deposition that Skaggs instructed him he was utilizing ache tablets containing oxycodone, which had been supplied by Miley.
The deposition is a part of a wrongful dying lawsuit filed by Skaggs’ household towards the Angels in California. A former publicist for the Angels, Eric Kay, was convicted in Texas of offering the fentanyl-laced tablets that an post-mortem mentioned contributed to Skaggs’ dying. Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal jail.
Skaggs died within the group resort in a Dallas suburb. His physique was discovered hours earlier than what was alleged to be the beginning of a collection between the Angels and Texas Rangers.
“I hate what occurred to Tyler,” Miley instructed reporters forward of the Reds’ recreation in Detroit on Friday. “It sucks. My ideas are together with his household and pals. However I’m not going to sit down right here and speak about issues that someone might need mentioned about me or whatnot.
“I used to be by no means a witness for any of this. I’ve by no means been accused of any wrongdoing.”
Miley just isn’t dealing with felony prices, and it’s not the primary time his title has come up in relation to Skaggs’ dying. In the course of the sentencing section of Kay’s case, prosecutors used a recording of a dialog between Kay and his mom by which Kay mentioned Miley was one among Skaggs’ drug suppliers.
“I’d fairly simply deal with the Cincinnati Reds proper now and baseball and what I’ve to do shifting ahead. I’ve received to prepare for a recreation on Sunday,” Miley mentioned.
Matt Harvey, now a retired main league pitcher, testified throughout Kay’s trial that he supplied medicine to Skaggs. Harvey was later suspended for 60 days for violating MLB’s drug coverage. He didn’t pitch within the main leagues once more. Harvey and three different gamers additionally testified they acquired tablets from Skaggs and described the leisure drug use they witnessed whereas with the Angels.
Harvey and Skaggs had been teammates with the Angels in 2019. Skaggs and Miley had been teammates with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2012-13.
Hamill mentioned the dialog by which Skaggs implicated Miley befell in 2013. Hamill had expressed concern to Skaggs’ dad and mom about what he mentioned was erratic habits from the pitcher in a telephone dialog. Hamill mentioned he and Skaggs’ dad and mom confronted Skaggs at house, resulting in Skaggs’ admission that he was utilizing medicine and the accusation that Miley was supplying them.
The 38-year-old Miley signed a one-year contract with the Reds on June 4 and has made two begins this season. He had Tommy John surgical procedure on his left elbow in Could 2024 and signed a minor league take care of Cincinnati in February.
Miley had an opt-out clause if he didn’t attain the large leagues by June 1. The 14-year veteran executed that clause however remained with Cincinnati whereas he pursued potential offers with different golf equipment earlier than re-signing with the Reds.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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