Kind of a disgusting story about a local Santa Monica newspaper that wrote up a rumor about Skaggs' death possibly deriving from opiate use, then spiked the story when rumors that it might be published somehow got out. Gee, I wonder how people found out this story was getting researched.
The manipulative way the Santa Monica Observer put the story out there just far enough to evade out and out libel is gross. Maybe there is something as-yet not reported about Skaggs' death -- toxicology reports in the next few weeks will make that clear enough. Meantime, there's no rationale or excuse for gun-jumping aside from a narcissistic need to get in the spotlight.
https://deadline.com/2019/07/la-angels-tyler-skaggs-death-santa-monica-observer-explains-opioid-overdose-story-1202642732/
Edit: "Libel", not "perjury". Duh.
The manipulative way the Santa Monica Observer put the story out there just far enough to evade out and out libel is gross. Maybe there is something as-yet not reported about Skaggs' death -- toxicology reports in the next few weeks will make that clear enough. Meantime, there's no rationale or excuse for gun-jumping aside from a narcissistic need to get in the spotlight.
https://deadline.com/2019/07/la-angels-tyler-skaggs-death-santa-monica-observer-explains-opioid-overdose-story-1202642732/
Edit: "Libel", not "perjury". Duh.
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