One of the two doctors involved in the death of actor Matthew Perry, as a result of an overdose of ketamine, has decided to plead guilty in the open trial in this case, admitting that he provided him with the substance that caused his death in significant quantities.
Well-known actor Matthew Perry died of a ketamine overdose. Profimedia photo
The death of the star Matthew Perry, found lifeless in a jacuzzi in his home, in October 2023, following an overdose, shocked the fans of the TV series “Friends”, in which the actor played the character Chandler, and, at the same time, brought back to everyone’s attention a problem that Hollywood turns a blind eye to. It is about the toxic relationship between the actors and the doctors, who, instead of helping them treat their addictions, ended up being their dealers.
This also happened in the case of the doctor Mark Chavez, aged 54, who, after being arrested, along with three other people, is now willing to admit his guilt in the trial regarding the overdose death of the TV star. A first measure against him was the revocation of his license to practice medicine, following a decision issued by an American federal court, informs AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
The second doctor involved in this case is Salvador Plasencia, who investigators say bought that ketamine from Mark Chavez and then resold it, much more expensively, to Matthew Perry. At his last appearance he pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was released on $100,000 bail. Moreover, his lawyers stated that he wants to resume his work at the emergency clinic he runs in Calabasas, a city in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County.
Another person involved is Jasveen Sangha, nicknamed the “queen of ketamine”, who is accused of supplying the actor with the dose that killed him.
Federal court documents detail Perry’s final months of life and transition from his treatments to a ketamine clinic for depression and anxiety, where a doctor administered the drug and monitored for side effects, to addiction. Ketamine, sometimes abused as a stimulant or euphoria-inducing agent, was consumed by actor Matthew Perry in a controlled manner during therapy sessions against depression. But when the dose increase was denied, the actor reactivated his addiction in the fall of 2023 and turned to dealers and less attentive doctors, according to the US Federal Prosecutor’s Office.
The trial is scheduled to begin in October.
