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Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 22 – Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted to illegally distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry multiple times before the actor's overdose, facing up to 40 years in prison under a federal plea deal.

  • Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who illegally supplied actor Matthew Perry with ketamine, is set to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of the drug.
  • Plasencia called Perry a 'moron' who could be exploited for money in a text message to a co-defendant.
  • Perry, who struggled with addiction for years, died in October 2023, with ketamine being the primary cause of death according to the medical examiner.
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Los Angeles, U.S.A., 23 Jul (EFE).- A doctor accused in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry pleaded guilty on Wednesday before a Los Angeles court of multiple charges for providing ketamine to the star of Friends, according to U.S. media. Salvador Plasencia, known as Dr. P., and one of the five defendants in the actor's death in October 2023, pleaded guilty to four serious crimes of ketamine distribution, according to information ci…

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A doctor accused in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty this Wednesday before a court in Los Angeles on multiple charges for providing ketamine to the star of Friends, according to U.S. media.Salvador Plasencia, known as Dr. P., and one of the five defendants in the actor's death in October 2023, pleaded guilty to four serious crimes of ketamine distribution, according to information quoted by Los Angeles Times.Pl…

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Los Angeles.- A doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to having provided Matthew Perry with ketamine in the month prior to the overdose death of the Friend actor. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 43, became the fourth of five defendants in connection with the case to accept his guilt. He appeared with his lawyer before Judge Sherylyn Peace Garnett in the Federal Court of Los Angeles and admitted his responsibility on four counts of distribution of ketamine.…

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By Jack Hannah, CNN One of the doctors accused of supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023, has pleaded guilty to four counts of ketamine distribution, federal prosecutors said. Salvador Plasencia faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for each count at his sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for December 3, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said in a news release Wedn…

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