Matthew Perry’s doctor to plead guilty to ketamine charges in actor’s death

A doctor responsible for providing ketamine to Matthew Perry in the months preceding the Friends The actor’s deadly overdose agreed to plead guilty, according to federal prosecutors.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four chiefs of Ketamine distribution, prosecutors said in court documents deposited on Monday and examined by Weekly entertainment. Plasencia, who was to start the trial in August, risks up to 40 years in prison for the four counts and is expected to enter the advocacy in the coming weeks.

Plasencia lawyers did not immediately respond to EW’s comments.

The doctor is one of the five people responsible for the sudden death of Perry on October 28, 2023, acute effects of ketamine, a list that also includes Dr. Mark Chavez; Perry assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa; presumed between Erik Fleming; And an alleged drug trafficker known as “The Ketamine Queen” by North Hollywood, Jasveen Sangha. All except Sangha have now agreed to plead guilty in exchange for their cooperation.

Iwamasa, who admitted to having repeatedly injected Perry with ketamine without medical training, pleaded guilty last August to a chief of conspiracy to distribute the kétamin causing death, and Fleming pleaded guilty to a conspiracy leader to distribute the Ketamine and a chief of ketamine resulting to death. In October, Chavez pleaded guilty to a conspiracy chief in order to distribute the drug.

Before his death, Perry was treated with a legal ketamine treatment but controversial under the supervision of his doctor. By court documents, on September 30, 2023, Perry would have asked for plasencia for more ketamine than her usual doctor, and Plasencia then turned to Chavez, who previously operated a clinic of ketamine.

In the text messages to Chavez, Plasencia discussed the quantity to invoice Perry for Ketamine, declaring: “I wonder how much this moron will pay” and “letters”, according to the indictment.

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In September and October 2023, Plasencia distributed ketamine in Perry and Iwamasa “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical objective at least seven times,” said the indictment. As such, Plasencia is accused of having provided most of the medication given to Perry in the weeks preceding his death; However, he did not provide the fatal dose that killed Perry, according to court documents. Prosecutors allege that the dose came from Sangha, which should be tried in August.

Sangha pleaded not guilty and, if it was found guilty of all accusations, it would result in a compulsory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum statutory sentence of perpetuity.