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

By resolving charges against Perry’s primary supplier, the plea paves the way for the trial of the alleged “Ketamine Queen”

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Overview

  • Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four federal counts of illegal ketamine distribution and faces a maximum 40-year prison term under his plea agreement.
  • Court filings reveal Plasencia supplied Perry with about 20 vials of ketamine plus lozenges and syringes, personally injected the actor and trained his assistant to administer the drug.
  • Plasencia admitted coordinating with Dr. Mark Chavez to acquire bulk ketamine from a San Diego clinic and then selling it to Perry at steep markups.
  • Three co-defendants — Dr. Mark Chavez, Perry’s assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and acquaintance Erik Fleming — have already pleaded guilty; Jasveen Sangha remains the only defendant headed to trial.
  • Prosecutors contend that medical professionals and dealers exploited Perry’s off-label ketamine treatment and addiction for profit, contributing to the actor’s fatal overdose.