A DOCTOR has agreed to plead guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine before his tragic overdose, prosecutors have said.
Dr Salvador Plasencia is facing four counts of distribution of ketamine and faces a 40-year prison sentence.
Perry was found floating face down and unresponsive in the hot tub of his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles on October 28, 2023.
His death was a result of from acute effects of ketamine and subsequent drowning, according to an autopsy report by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
In August 2024, prosecutors announced the arrests of Plasencia, Erik Fleming, Jasveen Sangha, Mark Chavez; and Kenneth Iwamasa.
Plasencia had initially pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The doctor is said to have allegedly kept supplying drugs to Perry up to a point where the Friends star’s addiction grew and he turned to street dealers to score ketamine for cheaper and quicker.
Federal prosecutors said that in the weeks leading up to Perry’s death, he fell back into addiction, which “spiraled out of control” during the fall of 2023.
In late September of that year, Salvador and Chavez coordinated with Iwamasa, Perry’s assistant, to distribute ketamine to the beloved actor, 54.
In a text exchange between Plasencia and Chavez, the suspects discussed how much they were going to charge Perry, with Plasencia writing, “I wonder how much this moron will pay” and “Lets [sic] find out.”
Between September and October 2023, Plasencia, Chavez, and Iwamasa distributed approximately 20 vials of ketamine to Perry, prosecutors said.
Plasencia and Chavez profited about $55,000, charging the actor $2,000 for a vial of ketamine that cost them $12.
Investigators said the two dishonest doctors “took advantage of Perry’s addiction to enrich themselves,” with Plasencia saying he “wanted to be Mr. Perry’s sole source of supply for drugs.”
On certain occasions, Plasencia injected Perry with ketamine and watched as the actor would “freeze and his blood pressure spike.”
Timeline of Matthew Perry's case
HERE is a timeline on the progress of Matthew Perry's case since his death:
Matthew Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub by his assistant on October 28, 2023. He was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters lifted him from the hot tub. Perry was 54 at the time of his death. His funeral was held at Forest Lawn cemetery in Hollywood Hills on November 3. On December 15, 2023, Perry’s death was ruled as an accident from the “acute effects of ketamine.” The Los Angeles Police Department launched a criminal investigation in December to determine how Perry obtained the drugs that took his life. The LAPD has since been working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Inspection Service to re-trace the line of supply of the ketamine. Ruaridh ConnellanA general view of Matthew Perry’s Pacific Palisades home where the Friends star died in October, 2024[/caption] Read More Details
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