
A California doctor has admitted to giving Friends actor Matthew Perry ketamine shortly before his death.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia will plead guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement Monday. The guilty plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, and the doctor is expected to enter his plea in the coming weeks.
According to documents filed for the plea agreement, Dr. Plasencia injected Perry with ketamine at his home and in the Long Beach Aquarium parking lot. Dr. Plasencia taught Perry's assistant — who is also a defendant — how to administer the drug and sold them extra bottles to keep at home, according to the plea agreement.
The doctor is one of five people charged in what prosecutors allege was a clandestine network of traffickers and medical professionals who supplied Perry with ketamine. The actor was taking legal, prescribed amounts of the drug to treat his depression, but wanted more than he was prescribed.
In total, the plea agreement states that between September 30, 2023, and October 12, 2023, Dr. Plasencia sold Perry and his assistant twenty 5 ml (100 mg/ml) vials of ketamine, and syringes.
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