Overview

• Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed on June 16 to plead guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry before his death.
• Under the plea agreement, Plasencia faces up to 40 years in prison for supplying the actor with high-dose ketamine.
• Federal prosecutors allege Plasencia taught Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, how to inject the drug and submitted falsified treatment records.
• Three co-defendants—Dr. Mark Chavez, personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and dealer Erik Fleming—have already pleaded guilty for their roles in supplying the fatal doses.
• Jasveen Sangha, dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” remains the only defendant to plead not guilty and is scheduled for trial in March 2025.