Entertainment Matthew Perry for ketamine: According to a doctor, he accepted a guilt agreement accused professional of acting as a ‘corner trafficker’, providing dangerous drug to someone with a history of dependence on writing

The main doctor accused in connection with the death of Matthew Perry Due to ketamine overdose in 2023 accepted a court agreement, prosecutors announced on Monday (16).

Dr. Salvador Plasencia He agreed to declare himself guilty for four accusations of ketamine distribution, according to a California Central District Attorney General. Each accusation provides for a maximum penalty of up to 40 years in federal arrest.

Plase43, should attend court in the coming weeks to formalize its confession. He was arrested in August last year alongside Jasveen Sanghaidentified by prosecutors as North Hollywood’s “Queen of Cetamine”.

When federal authorities revealed the complaint of 18 accusations last year, Plase and Sangha were pointed out as the main defendants of the case. Three other accused had already accepted cooperation agreements with the court.

These three were identified as Kenneth Iwamasapersonal assistant to Perry; Dr. Mark Chavezanother doctor involved; and Erik Fleminga local resident who would have acted as an intermediary in the sales of ketamine made by Sangha to the actor.

“[Plasencia] Basically acted as a corner trafficker, selling a dangerous substance to someone he knew he was dependent, ”said the US assistant prosecutor Ian Yanniello during the prosecution hearing Plaselast year in the center of Los Angeles. “He even commented to another patient that the victim was losing control, but still offered to sell more ketamine [a Perry]”.

In the judicial agreement signed on June 13, Salvador Plasence admitted that, on one occasion, he injected ketamine into Matthew Perry While the actor was in the back seat of a car parked in front of the California Long Beach aquarium. He also acknowledged that he visited the house of Perry On October 12, 2023, he applied the substance and then observed the actor’s blood pressure to shoot, making him “stand paralyzed.”

“Despite the victim’s reaction MPthe defendant left additional cetamine vials with the defendant Iwamasaknowing that Iwamasa I would inject ketamine into the victim MP”Says the document of the agreement.

Plase He declared himself innocent at the prosecution last year and was released by bail. His lawyers did not respond immediately to the request for comment on Monday.

Sangha42, was maintained in custody and is awaiting trial scheduled to start in August. Last August, prosecutors argued that she was a risk of escape due to her British citizenship and because, supposedly, she again sold cetamine after the death of Perry And that of another man in 2019, who would also be linked to the ketamine provided by her.

Perryactor best known for interpreting Chandler Bing in the series Friendsdied on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54, as a result of the acute effects of ketamine, according to his autopsy exam. He was found stomach in a hot tub at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The authorities reported that Perry “It became addicted” in intravenous ketamine while seeking treatment for depression and anxiety in a local clinic in the fall of 2023. According to them, when the clinic refused to increase its dosage, Perry He turned to the four suppliers accused in the case.

According to the promoters, Plase and Chavez about 20 bottles of liquid ketamine to Perry In exchange for $ 55,000 in cash during the last weeks of the actor’s life. Doctors charged $ 2,000 for a single bottle that cost about $ 12 to Chavezaccording to the authorities.

“I wonder how much this idiot will pay? … Let’s find out,” Plase would have sent by message to Chavez on September 30, 2023, according to the prosecution. Later that day, Plase injected ketamine into Perry in the actor’s house and left vials so that Iwamasa managed to Perryeven without the assistant having any medical training, according to the document. After the meeting, Plase would have sent another message to Chavez saying the situation was “like a bad movie.”

Chavez must be sentenced on September 17. Flexing has its sentence scheduled for November 12, while Iwamasa It is scheduled to be sentenced on November 19.

This article was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Nancy Dillon on June 16, 2025 and can be checked here.

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