The jury has made its decision in the case of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs and his unfortunate death in 2019. Eric Kay, who used to serve as the Angels' communications director, has been found guilty of causing the death of Skaggs by providing him with the illegal drugs that led to his overdose.

This report comes via ESPN's T.J. Quinn:

On July 1, 2019, Skaggs was found unresponsive inside his own hotel room in Southlake, Texas, and was later pronounced dead. According to reports, authorities found a variety of drugs inside Skaggs' hotel room, which included several oxycodone pills. Several months later, it was revealed in the autopsy report that the pitchers' cause of death was asphyxia after choking on his own vomit. A fatal mix of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol was found in his system. It was later revealed that it was Kay who supplied Skaggs with the drugs. He was 27.

Two years after his death, Skaggs' family filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Eric Kay and the Angels organization. Kay, who himself has a history of substance abuse, previously admitted that he had supplied Skaggs with drugs, along with several other Angels players. Skaggs' camp also tagged the Angels organization in the lawsuit for allegedly allowing Kay “unrestricted access” to players who were vulnerable to substance abuse, particularly painkillers, due to the nature of their work.

Over the past few weeks, several witnesses took the stand to reveal Kay's role in Skaggs' death. On Thursday, after just around an hour of contemplating their decision, the jury returned with a guilty verdict against the 47-year-old “on counts of distributing counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in connection to the death” of Tyler Skaggs (h/t Dayn Perry of CBS Sports). Kay is set to be sentenced on June 28th and he now faces a minimum of 20 years in prison for his crime.