A doctor charged over Matthew Perry’s de.ath has pleaded guilty for providing him deadly ketamine
Dr. Mark Chavez is one of two California doctors who were among the five people charged in the overdose de.ath of the Friends actor. Chavez entered the guilty plea on Wednesday in a federal court in Los Angeles.
The 54-year-old is the third person to accept charges following the de.ath of Friends star Perry, who di.ed on October 28 last year from the “acute effects of ketamine” at the age of 54.
US District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett scheduled a sentence hearing for April 2 2025.
Chavez, who is free on a 50,000 dollar bond, exited the courtroom with his lawyer. In his plea agreement, Chavez admitted to selling ketamine to another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, from Santa Monica, having diverted it from his former ketamine clinic. Plasencia is set to face a trial on March 4 next year, after allegedly using Perry’s live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa to distribute ketamine to the actor from September to October last year for 55,000 dollars.
Perry, 54, was found de.ad in a hot tub at his California home in October 2023. Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office attributed Perry’s death to the acute effects of ketamine. Perry had been seeking treatment for depression and anxiety when he became addicted to intravenous ketamine last autumn.
The actor’s personal assistant, two doctors and several others, including one described by prosecutors as the ‘Ketamine Queen’, have been indicted for providing ketamine.
Government lawyers have claimed Perry’s personal assistant and an acquaintance had worked with two physicians and a drug dealer to obtain thousands of dollars worth of ketamine for the star.
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