Overview

• Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine and faces up to 40 years in prison plus at least $2 million in fines.
• Court filings show he obtained ketamine from Dr. Mark Chavez, injected it into Perry on multiple occasions and taught assistant Kenneth Iwamasa to administer doses.
• With Plasencia’s agreement, four of the five defendants charged in the probe have now pleaded guilty, including Chavez, Iwamasa and dealer Erik Fleming.
• The plea deal is expected to be formalized in the coming weeks, moving the case toward sentencing proceedings later this year.
• Jasveen Sangha, nicknamed the “Ketamine Queen,” remains the only defendant to plead not guilty and is scheduled for trial in August.