A doctor charged in the drug-related death of actor Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty in the case.
Dr Mark Chavez changed his plea to guilty in a Los Angeles court to a charge of conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine.
Chavez, 54, operated a ketamine clinic and sold ketamine lozenges to Dr Salvador Plasencia, who supplied them to Perry, the star of NBC sitcom Friends.
In his plea agreement, Chavez admitted he obtained ketamine from both his former clinic and a wholesale distributor through a fraudulent prescription, records show.
Ketamine – a powerful anesthetic – is used as a treatment for depression, anxiety and pain.
Chavez is one of five people charged in Perry’s death. The 54-year-old actor was found dead in his backyard jacuzzi in southern California in October 2023.
More than a month later, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office ruled Perry’s death an accident, with the primary cause being “the acute effects of ketamine.” Five people have been charged in connection with Perry’s death.
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