A 10-woman, two-man jury revealed the verdict after deliberating for no more than three hours following an eight-day trial.
of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy, and faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced on June 28.and his mother, Debbie Hetman, hugged as the verdict was announced. Kay took off his jacket and tie and was placed into handcuffs, nodding toward his family and friends in the courtroom.
Pitcher Matt Harvey, who rose to stardom with the New York Mets nearly a decade ago, said he knew he was threatening his career by admitting to cocaine use in New York and California. Beran reminded jurors of the testimony of Harvey and fellow major league pitchers Cam Bedrosian and Blake Parker saying Skaggs' death scared them away from using oxycodone. Harvey testified the painkiller was commonly used in a league where players often face surgeries and deal with injuries.
Molfetta pointed to a white board prosecutors said made their case. It was filled with magnetic tiles showing text messages between Skaggs and Kay, and departure and arrival times along with other elements from June 30 and July 1. Defense attorneys acknowledged Kay lied to police the day Skaggs was found dead by saying he hadn't seen him the previous night. One of his colleagues at the time, current Angels director of communications Adam Chodzko, said Kay confided in him a couple of weeks later that he had been in Skaggs' hotel room. Chodzko testified that Kay told him he didn't give Skaggs pills that night and declined an offer from Skaggs to do drugs in the room.
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