The doctor charged on the death of Matthew Perry should plead guilty in court in court

Dr. Salvador Plasencia should plead guilty to charges resulting from the accidental overdose of Matthew Perry In 2023 in a series of cases targeting those who provided the actor with “friends” with large quantities of ketamine.

Plasecia Agreed last month to plead guilty to four Ketamine distribution leaders And has an official hearing on the issue before the Federal Court on Wednesday. According to an agreement with the prosecutors, Plasencia risks up to 40 years in prison and three years of supervised release.

Plasencia also faces a fine of at least $ 2 million, indicates the agreement.

Perry was found dead in his house of the Pacific Palisades on October 28, 2023 in what the office of the medical examiner of Los Angeles declared an accident of the acute effects of ketamine.

The actor “friends” underwent ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression and anxiety, but an investigation revealed that Perry was illegally looking for the medication outside of his treatment.

Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s personal assistant, was one of the five people accused of the actor’s death. Iwamasa pleaded guilty in 2024 and legal documents in his case revealed that Perry was experience uncontrollable dependence.

The former assistant told the authorities that Perry had been presented in Plasencia for weeks before the actor’s death and that the doctor sold Perry both liquid Ketamine and Ketamine Lezes. He also taught in Iwamasa how to inject Perry, said the assistant, despite the fact that Iwamasa had no medical training.

The Iwamasa advocacy agreement said Perry had paid Plasencia up to $ 55,000 for drugs in the previous month.

Federal prosecutors allegedly allegedly allegedly in court documents that Plasencia told a patient that Perry was “too far and in a spiral in his dependence”, but continued to sell him anyway. Text messages between plasecia and Mark ChavezA former doctor who pleaded guilty in the Perry case, showed that men make fun of How much money they could get the actor of Ketamine.

“I wonder how much this moron will pay,” said Plasencia. “Allows you to discover.”