Five people, including two doctors, a live-in assistant and an alleged drug dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen,” have been arrested in connection with the death of Matthew Perry.
The suspects were arrested Thursday on charges of being part of a “vast underground criminal network” that supplied the Friends star with the ketamine that killed him in October 2023.
Among those charged are doctors Salvador Plascencia, 42, and Mark Chavez, 54, who operated a ketamine clinic.
They were charged along with Jasveen Sangha, 41, also known as the “Ketamine Queen” of North Hollywood.
Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, who administered the fatal dose, and drug dealer Eric Fleming, 54, are the latest to be charged.
Five people, including two doctors, a resident assistant and an alleged drug dealer known as the “Ketamine Queen,” have been arrested in connection with the death of Matthew Perry.
Perry was found unconscious in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home and the cause of death was later determined to be “acute effects of ketamine.”
Prosecutors say Sangha’s distribution of the substance on Oct. 4, 2023, led to his death.
She and Plasencia have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
Sangha is also charged with one count of maintaining a drug-related premises, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute ketamine and five counts of distribution of ketamine.
Plasencia is charged with seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.
The other three defendants were charged separately and pleaded guilty.
Among the defendants is 42-year-old physician Salvador Plascencia, who is charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
Dr. Mark Chavez admitted to filling false prescriptions at his ketamine clinic to supply the drug to Plascencia.
Fleming, of Hawthorne, admitted obtaining ketamine from Sangha and distributing it to Iwamasa, who admitted administering it to the star, despite having no medical training.
Meanwhile, in his plea agreement, Chavez admitted to diverting supplies from his clinic to Plascencia by filling false prescriptions.
“These defendants cared more about profiting from Mr. Perry than caring about his well-being,” said U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada.
“Drug dealers who sell dangerous substances are gambling with other people’s lives out of sheer greed. This case, along with many other prosecutions against drug dealers who cause deaths, sends a clear message that we will hold drug dealers accountable for the deaths they cause.”
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