Overview

• Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted on July 23 to four federal counts of distributing ketamine without a legitimate medical purpose to actor Matthew Perry.
• Prosecutors agreed to drop three additional ketamine distribution charges and two counts of record falsification under the terms of the agreement.
• Plasencia faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison but remains free on bond pending his December sentencing hearing.
• Federal filings clarify that he did not administer the fatal overdose dose yet is accused of attempting to cover up his involvement after Perry’s death.
• Jasveen Sangha stands as the sole defendant still set for trial next month after co-defendants Mark Chavez, Erik Fleming and Kenneth Iwamasa entered their own guilty pleas.