FORT WORTH, Texas — In the very first sentence of its closing statement Thursday, the federal government made clear what it believed this trial was all about.
"This case," assistant U.S. attorney Lindsey Beran told the jury, "was about one person."
That person is Eric Kay, the former Angels publicist convicted of giving Tyler Skaggs the fentanyl-laced pills that killed him. Kay was not a high-ranking executive, a coach, certainly not a famous player. He was a troubled mid-level employee linked to a tragedy and, now, to a sentence of 20 years to life. This particular trial might have been about one defendant, but the impacts of the trial will extend far beyond one person.
