Overview

• ITV’s Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy unearthed text messages in which Drs. Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez derided Perry and discussed rapid financial gains from ketamine treatments.
• Federal prosecutors allege Plasencia supplied Perry with about 20 vials of ketamine in a month for $55,000 and submitted falsified records to justify off-label use.
• Former LAPD detective Greg Kading and the indictment state Plasencia trained Kenneth Iwamasa—Perry’s live-in assistant, who had no medical credentials—to administer ketamine injections.
• Four co-defendants—Plasencia, Chavez, Iwamasa and acquaintance Erik Fleming—have pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to distribute ketamine and face sentencing.
• Jasveen Sangha remains the only defendant pleading not guilty and is set to stand trial on ketamine distribution charges late this year.