Doctor Involved in Matthew Perry’s Death Expected to Plead Guilty to Ketamine Distribution

Mark Chavez, one of the doctors indicted, is expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks; five other people have already been arrested in the actor’s death

After his appearance in a Los Angeles federal court this Friday, the 30th, the doctor Marco Chavez54, is expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks to distributing ketamine, a powerful surgical anesthetic, which caused the actor to overdose Matthew Perryprotagonist of the series Friends. The confirmation came from an official of the United States Department of Justice The Hollywood Journalist.

Chavez is one of five people charged in the investigation into the death of the actor, who was found dead in his hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home in October 2023. Authorities say Chavez also made false statements to a wholesale distributor of ketamine and used a fake prescription to obtain the drug.

The investigation revealed that criminal network that included two doctors, a housekeeper, drug dealer Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, known as the “ketamine queen”. In addition to Chavez, two others have already pleaded guilty, while Jasveen and Plasencia, considered the main defendants, are awaiting trial. The woman is being held without bail and Plasencia, whose bail was set at $100,000, will be tried in October.

According to the medical examiner’s report, Perry’s fatal overdose was caused by a lethal dose of ketamine, resulting in cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression. The substance was found in his blood in an amount equivalent to that used in general anesthesia, being identified as the primary cause of his death, along with factors such as drowning and coronary artery disease.

Source: Terra

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