Baseball star Mike Trout gave emotional testimony in a California courtroom. He spoke about the 2019 death of his teammate Tyler Skaggs. Skaggs died from a drug overdose. The trial will decide if the Los Angeles Angels are responsible.

The civil case comes more than six years after 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in the suburban Dallas hotel room.

Attorneys for Skaggs' family say Angels officials knew of their drug-dealing communication director's opioid problem because he begged them for help following a 2013 incident in the Yankee Stadium press box.

A lawyer for the family of late MLB player Tyler Skaggs alleged during opening statements of his wrongful death trial that the pitcher’s team, the Los Angeles Angels, put him "directly in harm's way.” They did so,

Tim Mead, an Angels executive for decades, was pressed by a lawyer for Tyler Skaggs' family about ignoring company policy by failing to report Eric Kay's improper conduct.