Criminal trial of former Angels PR employee Eric Kay postponed to January

The national transgression proceedings successful which erstwhile Angels PR staffer Eric Kay volition look charges that helium supplied the drugs that led to the decease of Tyler Skaggs has been postponed to Jan. 24, a justice successful Texas ruled connected Wednesday. It had been scheduled to statesman connected Tuesday.

Kay was indicted for possession and organisation of opioids, including those that killed Skaggs connected July 1, 2019. The authorities had lone included fentanyl, a almighty synthetic opioid, successful its archetypal charges, but connected Tuesday the indictment was updated to see oxycodone.

Kay’s attorneys argued that the alteration required them to change their defence strategy, truthful they needed much clip to hole for the trial. Judge Terry R. Means, of the Northern District of Texas, agreed successful his determination released connected Wednesday.

The proceedings had been scheduled to statesman successful August, but it was postponed to October and past again to November.