One of five doctors charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry pleaded guilty Wednesday in Los Angeles Federal Court. According to Deadline, he admitted to illegally distributing ketamine. The interpreter of Friends He died on October 28, 2023 at his home and the autopsy revealed that it was “high levels” of this substance that caused his death, in addition to factors such as “drowning, coronary heart disease and the effects of buprenorphine.” “.
The Californian prosecutor in charge of the investigation announced last August that the actor had been the victim of a “vast clandestine criminal network responsible for the distribution of large quantities of ketamine” to the artist and “to others” . The network included “his direct assistant, several intermediaries, two doctors and a drug dealer named Jasveen Sangha, known as ‘the ketamine queen’.”
Authorities said she was the one who administered the anesthetic that ended his life. The syringe was obtained “by Doctor Salvador Plasencia and his personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected the actor with the drug on the day of his death.” Mark Chávez was one of the accused doctors, and this Wednesday he “formalized his plea agreement with the prosecutor during the hearing.” He faces up to ten years in prison. Sentencing was set for April 2, 2025.
The doctor is accused of supplying Plasencia with the ketamine provided to Perry through a “fraudulent prescription.” Dr. Plasencia and trafficker Jasveen Sangha have pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy charge. His trial is scheduled to begin March 4.
