Doctor to plead guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine before fatal overdose

A doc successful the US has agreed to plead blameworthy to giving Friends histrion Matthew Perry ketamine successful the pb up to his decease from a fatal overdose, prosecutors person said.

Dr Salvador Plasencia, who is facing 4 counts of organisation of ketamine, could beryllium sentenced up to a maximum of 40 years successful prison.

Friends prima Perry was recovered dormant by his adjunct successful October 2023. The aesculapian examiner ruled that ketamine was the superior origin of death.

The actor, 54, had been utilizing the cause done his regular doc successful a ineligible attraction for depression, but had begun seeking much ketamine than his doc would springiness him.

Plasencia, and a pistillate accused of being a ketamine dealer, had been the superior targets of the prosecution, aft 3 different defendants, including different doctor, agreed to plead blameworthy successful speech for their cooperation.

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