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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Supplying Ketamine to Matthew Perry

He confessed to four unsanctioned injections in the weeks before Perry’s death, prompting prosecutors to drop additional charges ahead of his December 3 sentencing.

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Im Verfahren zum Tod des "Friends"-Darstellers Matthew Perry durch die Droge Ketamin hat sich sein damaliger Arzt schuldig bekannt. Er räumte vor einem Gericht in Los Angeles ein, den Schauspieler in vier Fällen mit Ketamin versorgt zu haben.
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Overview

  • Salvador Plasencia admitted in federal court that he injected Perry with ketamine between September 30 and October 12, 2023, without any medical justification.
  • Under his plea agreement prosecutors dismissed three ketamine distribution counts and two falsification charges.
  • He faces up to 40 years in prison, has surrendered his medical license, and will be sentenced on December 3, 2025.
  • Court documents show he personally administered the drug at Perry’s Los Angeles home and on a Santa Monica parking lot in exchange for several thousand dollars.
  • With Plasencia’s plea, only supplier Jasveen Sangha remains the sole defendant pleading not guilty among the five charged in the case.