Overview

• Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to four federal counts of distributing ketamine and faces up to 40 years in prison.
• Federal prosecutors say he personally delivered 20 vials of ketamine to Perry over two weeks in autumn 2023, charging the actor roughly $2,000 per vial for a drug that cost about $12.
• Dr. Mark Chavez has already pleaded guilty for his part in the illegal supply and faces a maximum sentence of ten years.
• Jasveen Sangha, dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” is charged with selling the fatal dose but has pleaded not guilty and remains unconvicted.
• Court documents describe a covert network of medical professionals and dealers who exploited Perry’s prescribed depression treatment for profit.