Overview

• Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four federal counts of distributing ketamine and faces up to 40 years in prison.
• He is the fourth of five defendants to admit guilt, leaving only Jasveen Sangha—known as the “ketamine queen”—as the sole holdout.
• Prosecutors say Plasencia illegally supplied Perry with high-priced ketamine injections in 2023 and profited from the actor’s addiction.
• Text messages submitted in court show Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez discussing how much they could earn by supplying Perry.
• A coroner determined that Perry’s death on October 28, 2023, was caused by the acute effects of ketamine.